Which to use
“pagão” and “pega” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,306
- “pagão” frequency rank
- #2,340
- “pega” frequency rank
- 30646
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pagão | pega |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | diz-se de pessoa não batizada | designativo de cavalo malhado |
Letter map: pagão vs pega
Shared letters muted; letters that set pagão and pega apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. pagão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against pega's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - pagão / pega
pagão and pega are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30646, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pagão is recorded at frequency rank #28,306, classified as anadj. pega is at rank #2,340, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpɛ.gɐ/.
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 30646, this pair ranks #37,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pagão vs pega
Shared letters: agp. Private to "pagão": oã. Private to "pega": e.
"pagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "pega" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pega ← epga · peag · pegga · pgea · ppega
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pagão" and "pega" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pagão" vs "pega" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "pagão" and "pega". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pagão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pega" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pagão" and "pega" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pagão vs pilão". 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 #37,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.