pé vs pix, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“pé” is a noun and “pix” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#878
“pé” frequency rank: #47,539
“pix” frequency rank: 48417
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	pé	pix
Definition	extremidade dos membros inferiores do corpo humano, responsável pelo equilíbrio	que ocorre pelo sistema brasileiro de transferência bancária digital instantânea Pix

Letter map: pé vs pix

Shared letters muted; letters that set pé and pix apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

pé

3 ch

pix

Role in the sentence - pé and pix

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pé is anoun and pixanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pé is recorded at frequency rank #878, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɛ/. pix is at rank #47,539, tagged as anadj.

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 48417, this pair ranks #16,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pé vs pix

Shared letters: p. Private to "pé": é. Private to "pix": ix.

"pé" · 2 letters · shape CV · "pix" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pé" and "pix" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pé" is a noun and "pix" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "pé" vs "pix" - which ranks higher?

"pé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #878 in our Portuguese list, against #47,539 for "pix". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pé" and "pix".

Full dictionary entry for "pé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "pix" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #16,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"pé" and "pix" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pito vs pix". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #16,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.