Which to use
“pato” is an adjective and “pião” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,330
- “pato” frequency rank
- #35,727
- “pião” frequency rank
- 42057
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pato | pião |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | empatado | brinquedo que consiste em puxar uma corda enrolada a um objeto afunilado, geralmente de madeira ou plástico e com uma ponta de ferro, colocando-o em rotação no solo, mantendo-se erguido |
Letter map: pato vs pião
Shared letters muted; letters that set pato and pião apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for pato / pião
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pato is anadjective and piãoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pato is recorded at frequency rank #6,330, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈpa.tʊ/. pião is at rank #35,727, 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 42057, this pair ranks #23,767 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pato vs pião
Shared letters: op. Private to "pato": at. Private to "pião": iã.
"pato" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "pião" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pato ← apto · paot · patto · ppato · ptao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pato" and "pião" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pato" vs "pião" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "pato" and "pião". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pato" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pião" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,767 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pato" and "pião" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pião vs pix". 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 #23,767 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.