Which to use
“palmo” and “pulo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,647
- “palmo” frequency rank
- #16,593
- “pulo” frequency rank
- 58240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | palmo | pulo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | medida igual à distância entre as extremidades dos dedos polegar e mínimo de uma mão aberta | ato de pular; salto pequeno |
Where the eye mixes palmo and pulo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: palmo vs pulo
A purely visual mix-up. palmo (/ˈpaɫ.mu/) and pulo (/ˈpu.lu/) 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 58240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
palmo is recorded at frequency rank #41,647, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaɫ.mu/. pulo is at rank #16,593, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpu.lu/.
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 58240, this pair ranks #8,858 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of palmo vs pulo
Shared letters: lop. Private to "palmo": am. Private to "pulo": u.
"palmo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pulo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "palmo" and "pulo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "palmo" or "pulo" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "palmo" and "pulo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "palmo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pulo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,858 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "palmo" and "pulo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palmo vs pilão". 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 #8,858 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.