parceirovsparreiraTell them apart

Which to use

“parceiro” and “parreira” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,436
“parceiro” frequency rank
#40,276
“parreira” frequency rank
42712
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parceiro parreira
Definition uma pessoa com a qual compartilhamos algum evento, ação ou empreitada estrutura elevada armada horizontalmente sobre a que medra e trepa a videira

Letter map: parceiro vs parreira

Shared letters muted; letters that set parceiro and parreira apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. parceiro and parreira follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
parceiro
8 ch
parreira

Pair insight - parceiro / parreira

parceiro and parreira are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parceiro is recorded at frequency rank #2,436, classified as anoun. parreira is at rank #40,276, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɐ.ˈRɐj.ɾɐ/.

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 42712, this pair ranks #23,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parceiro vs parreira

Shared letters: aeipr. Private to "parceiro": co. Private to "parreira": -.

"parceiro" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV  ·  "parreira" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parceiro ← aprceiro · pacreiro · parcceiro · parceior · parceirro · parcerio · parciero · pareciro
  • parreira ← aprreira · pareira · parerira · parreiar · parreirra · parreria · parriera · pparreira

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "parceiro" and "parreira" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "parceiro" vs "parreira" - which ranks higher?
"parceiro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,436 in our Portuguese list, against #40,276 for "parreira". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "parceiro" and "parreira".

  • Full dictionary entry for "parceiro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parreira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parceiro" and "parreira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parreira vs porteira". 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 #23,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list