# papelão vs paredão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### papelão
*noun · IPA /pɐ.pɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #19,802*
papel grosso (de espessura geralmente igual ou maior a 0,5 milímetros)

### paredão
*noun · IPA /pɐ.ɾɨ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #15,647*
parede grande

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