# pavão vs pilão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pavão
*noun · IPA /pa.'boŋ/ · frequency rank #19,519*
pendão, flor masculina do milho

### pilão
*noun · IPA /pi.ˈlɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #45,522*
mão do almofariz

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pavao-vs-pilao