Which to use
“painel” and “pane” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,012
- “painel” frequency rank
- #27,961
- “pane” frequency rank
- 31973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | painel | pane |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | quadro sobre tela ou pano | defeito, quebra |
Letter map: painel vs pane
Shared letters muted; letters that set painel and pane apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. painel runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against pane's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: painel and pane
painel and pane 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
painel is recorded at frequency rank #4,012, classified as anoun, pronounced /paj.ˈnɛɫ/. pane is at rank #27,961, tagged as anoun.
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 31973, this pair ranks #35,955 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of painel vs pane
Shared letters: aenp. Private to "painel": il. Private to "pane": -.
"painel" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "pane" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "painel" and "pane" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "painel" or "pane"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "painel" and "pane". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "painel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pane" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,955 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "painel" and "pane" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs pane". 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 #35,955 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.