par vs pax, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“par” is an adjective and “pax” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,060
“par” frequency rank: #26,136
“pax” frequency rank: 28196
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	par	pax
Definition	diz-se dos números divisíveis por 2	indivíduo, cabeça

Letter map: par vs pax

Shared letters muted; letters that set par and pax apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

par

3 ch

pax

Role in the sentence - par and pax

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: par is anadjective and paxanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “par” becomes x in “pax”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

par is recorded at frequency rank #2,060, classified as anadj, pronounced /paχ/. pax is at rank #26,136, tagged as anoun.

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 28196, this pair ranks #40,645 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of par vs pax

Shared letters: ap. Private to "par": r. Private to "pax": x.

"par" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "pax" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "par" and "pax" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "par" is an adjective and "pax" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "par" or "pax" show up more?

"par" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,060 in our Portuguese list, against #26,136 for "pax". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "par" and "pax".

Full dictionary entry for "par" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "pax" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #40,645 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"par" and "pax" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pax vs pix". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #40,645 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.