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

#25,422
“path” frequency rank
#37,044
“peach” frequency rank
62466
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature path peach
Definition caminho pêssego

Where the eye mixes path and peach

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
path
5 ch
peach

Look-alike desk: path vs peach

A purely visual mix-up. path (/pæθ, pɑθ/) and peach (/piːt͡ʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) 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 62466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

path is recorded at frequency rank #25,422, classified as anoun, pronounced /pæθ, pɑθ/. peach is at rank #37,044, tagged as anoun, pronounced /piːt͡ʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 62466, this pair ranks #6,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of path vs peach

Shared letters: ahp. Private to "path": t. Private to "peach": ce.

"path" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "peach" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pathapth · paht · pathh · patth · ppath · ptah
  • peachepach · paech · peacch · peachh · peahc · pecah · ppeach

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "path" and "peach" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/pæθ, pɑθ/ versus /piːt͡ʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "path" or "peach"?
"path" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,422 in our Portuguese list, against #37,044 for "peach". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "path" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "peach" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "path" and "peach" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peach vs pitch". 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 #6,657 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