peachvspeãoTell them apart

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.

5 ch
peach
4 ch
peão

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?
No. They are said differently (/piːt͡ʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /ˈpjɐ̃w̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "peach" vs "peão" - which ranks higher?
"peão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,423 in our Portuguese list, against #37,044 for "peach". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list