peachvspedaçoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“peach” and “pedaço” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,044
“peach” frequency rank
#4,013
“pedaço” frequency rank
41057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature peach pedaço
Definition pêssego uma parte de qualquer coisa que se dividiu

Where the eye mixes peach and pedaço

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. peach runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against pedaço's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
peach
6 ch
pedaço

Visual trap between peach and pedaço

A purely visual mix-up. peach (/piːt͡ʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and pedaço (/pɨ.ˈda.su/) 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 41057, 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 ?). pedaço is at rank #4,013, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɨ.ˈda.su/.

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 41057, this pair ranks #24,951 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of peach vs pedaço

Shared letters: aep. Private to "peach": ch. Private to "pedaço": doç.

"peach" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "pedaço" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • peach ← epach · paech · peacch · peachh · peahc · pecah · ppeach

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "peach" and "pedaço" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/piːt͡ʃ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /pɨ.ˈda.su/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "peach" vs "pedaço" - which ranks higher?
"pedaço" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,013 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 "pedaço" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,951 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "peach" and "pedaço" 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 #24,951 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