Which to use
“peça” and “placa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,319
- “peça” frequency rank
- #3,510
- “placa” frequency rank
- 4829
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peça | placa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cada uma das partes de um todo, duma coleção, dum mecanismo, etc..; pedaço; fragmento; móvel | peça de materiais diversos longa e larga mas de pouca espessura |
Letter map: peça vs placa
Shared letters muted; letters that set peça and placa apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & dictionary notes on peça vs placa
peça and placa 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peça is recorded at frequency rank #1,319, classified as anoun. placa is at rank #3,510, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpla.kɐ/.
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 4829, this pair ranks #69,947 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of peça vs placa
Shared letters: ap. Private to "peça": eç. Private to "placa": cl.
"peça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "placa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- placa ← lpaca · palca · plaac · placca · plcaa · pllaca · pplaca
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "peça" for "placa" ever safe?
Frequency check: "peça" vs "placa" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "peça" and "placa". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "peça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "placa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,947 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peça" and "placa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "placa vs polaca". 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 #69,947 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.