Which to use
“pães” is a noun and “preso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,933
- “pães” frequency rank
- #1,020
- “preso” frequency rank
- 15953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pães | preso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural de pão | encarceirado, levado à prisão |
Letter map: pães vs preso
Shared letters muted; letters that set pães and preso apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. pães runs 4 letters (CVVC) against preso's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: pães vs preso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pães is anoun and presoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pães is recorded at frequency rank #14,933, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɐ̃j̃ʃ/. preso is at rank #1,020, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15953, this pair ranks #55,749 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pães vs preso
Shared letters: eps. Private to "pães": ã. Private to "preso": or.
"pães" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "preso" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- preso ← perso · ppreso · preos · presso · prreso · prseo · rpeso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pães" and "preso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pães" or "preso"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "pães" and "preso". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pães" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "preso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,749 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pães" and "preso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pães vs pale". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #55,749 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.