# pale vs pato

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pale
*adjective · IPA /peIl/ · frequency rank #45,514*
pálido, claro, descorado

### pato
*adjective · IPA /ˈpa.tʊ/ · frequency rank #6,330*
empatado

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pale-vs-pato