Which to use
“pano” and “poço” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,565
- “pano” frequency rank
- #5,129
- “poço” frequency rank
- 10694
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pano | poço |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pão | buraco fundo, geralmente circular, cavado no chão, com o objetivo de encontrar água |
Where the eye mixes pano and poço
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between pano and poço
A purely visual mix-up. pano (/'pa.nɔ/) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pano is recorded at frequency rank #5,565, classified as anoun, pronounced /'pa.nɔ/. 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 10694, this pair ranks #62,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pano vs poço
Shared letters: op. Private to "pano": an. Private to "poço": ç.
"pano" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "poço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pano ← apno · panno · paon · pnao · ppano
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pano" for "poço" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pano" vs "poço" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pano" and "poço" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pano" 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 #62,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pano" and "poço" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs pano". 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 #62,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.