Which to use
“palma” and “pança” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,567
- “palma” frequency rank
- #39,779
- “pança” frequency rank
- 46346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | palma | pança |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | face interna e côncava da mão | um dos estômagos dos ruminantes, o primeiro e o maior; bandulho |
Where the eye mixes palma and pança
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. palma and pança follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: palma vs pança
A purely visual mix-up. palma (/ˈpaɫ.mɐ/) and pança (/ˈpɐ̃.sɐ/) 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 46346, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
palma is recorded at frequency rank #6,567, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaɫ.mɐ/. pança is at rank #39,779, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɐ̃.sɐ/.
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 46346, this pair ranks #18,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of palma vs pança
Shared letters: ap. Private to "palma": lm. Private to "pança": nç.
"palma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pança" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- palma ← aplma · palam · pallma · palmma · pamla · plama · ppalma
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "palma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pança" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "palma" and "pança" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paçoca vs pança". 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 #18,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.