Which to use
“pagão” is an adjective and “pavio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,306
- “pagão” frequency rank
- #38,849
- “pavio” frequency rank
- 67155
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pagão | pavio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | diz-se de pessoa não batizada | cabo das velas, círios, candeias, mecha |
Letter map: pagão vs pavio
Shared letters muted; letters that set pagão and pavio apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. pagão and pavio follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for pagão / pavio
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pagão is anadjective and pavioanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pagão is recorded at frequency rank #28,306, classified as anadj. pavio is at rank #38,849, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɐ.ˈvi.u/.
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 67155, this pair ranks #4,739 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pagão vs pavio
Shared letters: aop. Private to "pagão": gã. Private to "pavio": iv.
"pagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "pavio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pavio ← apvio · paivo · pavoi · pavvio · ppavio · pvaio
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pagão" and "pavio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pagão" vs "pavio" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pagão" and "pavio".
- Full dictionary entry for "pagão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pavio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,739 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pagão" and "pavio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "papiro vs pavio". 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 #4,739 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.