Which to use
“pátio” and “potro” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,990
- “pátio” frequency rank
- #33,548
- “potro” frequency rank
- 39538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pátio | potro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | recinto descoberto no interior de uma casa | denominação dada ao cavalo do nascimento até a troca dos dentes de leite por volta do quarto ano de idade; animal novo |
Where the eye mixes pátio and potro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pátio (CVCVV) and potro (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: pátio vs potro
A purely visual mix-up. pátio (/ˈpa.tju/) and potro (/ˈpo.tɾu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pátio is recorded at frequency rank #5,990, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpa.tju/. potro is at rank #33,548, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpo.tɾu/.
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 39538, this pair ranks #26,685 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pátio vs potro
Shared letters: opt. Private to "pátio": iá. Private to "potro": r.
"pátio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "potro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- potro ← optro · potor · potrro · pottro · ppotro · ptoro
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pátio" for "potro" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pátio" or "potro" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pátio" and "potro" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pátio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "potro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,685 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pátio" and "potro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pomo vs potro". 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 #26,685 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.