Which to use
“palco” and “pilão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,793
- “palco” frequency rank
- #45,522
- “pilão” frequency rank
- 47315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | palco | pilão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plataforma onde se executam (interpretam) peças de teatro ou música | mão do almofariz |
Where the eye mixes palco and pilão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. palco (CVCCV) and pilão (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: palco vs pilão
A purely visual mix-up. palco (/ˈpaɫ.ku/) and pilão (/pi.ˈlɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
palco is recorded at frequency rank #1,793, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaɫ.ku/. pilão is at rank #45,522, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pi.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.
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 47315, this pair ranks #17,943 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of palco vs pilão
Shared letters: lop. Private to "palco": ac. Private to "pilão": iã.
"palco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pilão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- palco ← aplco · paclo · palcco · pallco · paloc · placo · ppalco
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "palco" for "pilão" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "palco" or "pilão" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "palco" and "pilão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "palco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pilão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,943 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "palco" and "pilão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pilão vs platô". 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 #17,943 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.