Which to use
“peach” and “peão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,044
- “peach” frequency rank
- #15,423
- “peão” frequency rank
- 52467
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peach | peão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pêssego | empregado sem subordinados que atua em diversas atividades, como agropecuária e construção civil |
Where the eye mixes peach and peão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. peach runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against peão's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses peach with peão
A purely visual mix-up. peach (/piːt͡ʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and peão (/ˈpjɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peach is recorded at frequency rank #37,044, classified as anoun, pronounced /piːt͡ʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). peão is at rank #15,423, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpjɐ̃w̃/.
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 52467, this pair ranks #12,736 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of peach vs peão
Shared letters: ep. Private to "peach": ach. Private to "peão": oã.
"peach" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "peão" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- peach ← epach · paech · peacch · peachh · peahc · pecah · ppeach
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "peach" for "peão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "peach" vs "peão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "peach" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "peão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,736 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peach" and "peão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peach vs pitch". 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 #12,736 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.