Which to use
“peça” and “pico” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,319
- “peça” frequency rank
- #6,685
- “pico” frequency rank
- 8004
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peça | pico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cada uma das partes de um todo, duma coleção, dum mecanismo, etc..; pedaço; fragmento; móvel | cume aguçado |
Letter map: peça vs pico
Shared letters muted; letters that set peça and pico apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Pair insight - peça / pico
peça and pico are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peça is recorded at frequency rank #1,319, classified as anoun. pico is at rank #6,685, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpi.ku/.
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 8004, this pair ranks #65,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of peça vs pico
Shared letters: p. Private to "peça": aeç. Private to "pico": cio.
"peça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "pico" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pico ← ipco · pcio · picco · pioc · ppico
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "peça" and "pico" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "peça" or "pico" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "peça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peça" and "pico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pico vs pix". 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 #65,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.