# parada vs picada

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### parada
*noun · IPA /paˈɾa.dɐ/ · frequency rank #2,156*
ação de parar ou deter-se

### picada
*noun · IPA /pi.ˈka.dɐ/ · frequency rank #14,207*
golpe dado com pico

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