Which to use
“pasto” and “platô” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,436
- “pasto” frequency rank
- #45,020
- “platô” frequency rank
- 68456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pasto | platô |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de pastar | o disco, numa embreagem a disco, causador da transmissão da força do motor até as rodas de tração |
Letter map: pasto vs platô
Shared letters muted; letters that set pasto and platô apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. pasto (CVCCV) and platô (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Spelling & dictionary notes on pasto vs platô
pasto and platô 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pasto is recorded at frequency rank #23,436, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaʃ.tu/. platô is at rank #45,020, 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 68456, this pair ranks #4,266 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pasto vs platô
Shared letters: apt. Private to "pasto": os. Private to "platô": lô.
"pasto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "platô" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pasto ← apsto · pasot · passto · pastto · patso · ppasto · psato
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pasto" for "platô" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Pair "pasto" vs "platô" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "pasto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "platô" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,266 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pasto" and "platô" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "platô vs Pluto". 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 #4,266 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.