Which to use
“palco” and “poço” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,793
- “palco” frequency rank
- #5,129
- “poço” frequency rank
- 6922
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | palco | poço |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plataforma onde se executam (interpretam) peças de teatro ou música | buraco fundo, geralmente circular, cavado no chão, com o objetivo de encontrar água |
Where the eye mixes palco and poço
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between palco and poço
A purely visual mix-up. palco (/ˈpaɫ.ku/) and poço (/ˈpo.su/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6922, 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/. poço is at rank #5,129, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpo.su/.
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 6922, this pair ranks #67,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of palco vs poço
Shared letters: op. Private to "palco": acl. Private to "poço": ç.
"palco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "poço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- palco ← aplco · paclo · palcco · pallco · paloc · placo · ppalco
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "palco" for "poço" ever safe?
Frequency check: "palco" vs "poço" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "palco" and "poço" 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 "poço" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "palco" and "poço" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poço vs pomo". 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 #67,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.