# papão vs pavão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### papão
*adjective · IPA /pɐ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #24,749*
que papa muito

### pavão
*noun · IPA /pa.'boŋ/ · frequency rank #19,519*
pendão, flor masculina do milho

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