panevsparoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: pane is a noun, paro is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pane” is a noun and “paro” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,961
“pane” frequency rank
#12,123
“paro” frequency rank
40084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pane paro
Definition defeito, quebra preparar.

Letter map: pane vs paro

Shared letters muted; letters that set pane and paro apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
pane
4 ch
paro

Role in the sentence - pane and paro

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pane is anoun and paroaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pane is recorded at frequency rank #27,961, classified as anoun. paro is at rank #12,123, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpa.roː/..

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 40084, this pair ranks #26,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pane vs paro

Shared letters: ap. Private to "pane": en. Private to "paro": or.

"pane" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "paro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • paneapne · paen · panne · pnae · ppane
  • paroapro · paor · parro · pparo · prao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pane" for "paro" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pane" is a noun and "paro" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "pane" vs "paro" - which ranks higher?
"paro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,123 in our Portuguese list, against #27,961 for "pane". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pane" and "paro".

  • Full dictionary entry for "pane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "paro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pane" and "paro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs pane". 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 #26,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list