pathvsplatôTell them apart

Which to use

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

#25,422
“path” frequency rank
#45,020
“platô” frequency rank
70442
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature path platô
Definition caminho o disco, numa embreagem a disco, causador da transmissão da força do motor até as rodas de tração

Letter map: path vs platô

Shared letters muted; letters that set path and platô apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
path
5 ch
platô

Spelling & dictionary notes on path vs platô

path 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70442, 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/. 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 70442, this pair ranks #3,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of path vs platô

Shared letters: apt. Private to "path": h. Private to "platô": .

"path" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "platô" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pathapth · paht · pathh · patth · ppath · ptah

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "path" for "platô" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "path" or "platô" show up more?
"path" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,422 in our Portuguese list, against #45,020 for "platô". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "path" and "platô".

  • Full dictionary entry for "path" 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 #3,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "path" 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 #3,620 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