Which to use
“paredão” and “parede” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,647
- “paredão” frequency rank
- #2,020
- “parede” frequency rank
- 17667
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paredão | parede |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parede grande | obra de alvenaria que fecha ou divide o espaço em uma construção |
Where the eye mixes paredão and parede
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. paredão runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against parede's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between paredão and parede
A purely visual mix-up. paredão (/pɐ.ɾɨ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/) and parede (/pɐ.ˈɾe.dʒɪ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paredão is recorded at frequency rank #15,647, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɐ.ɾɨ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/. parede is at rank #2,020, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɐ.ˈɾe.dʒɪ/.
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 17667, this pair ranks #53,517 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paredão vs parede
Shared letters: adepr. Private to "paredão": oã. Private to "parede": -.
"paredão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "parede" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- parede ← aprede · paerde · pardee · paredde · pareed · parrede · pparede · praede
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "paredão" for "parede" ever safe?
Frequency check: "paredão" vs "parede" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "paredão" and "parede" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "paredão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parede" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,517 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paredão" and "parede" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pardal vs paredão". 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 #53,517 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.