Which to use
“pecado” is a noun and “pedido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,926
- “pecado” frequency rank
- #1,126
- “pedido” frequency rank
- 5052
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pecado | pedido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | transgressão de um preceito religioso | solicitado |
Where the eye mixes pecado and pedido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pecado and pedido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: pecado vs pedido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pecado is /pɨ.ˈka.du/ while pedido is /pɨ.ˈdi.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pecado is recorded at frequency rank #3,926, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɨ.ˈka.du/. pedido is at rank #1,126, tagged as anadj, pronounced /pɨ.ˈdi.du/.
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 5052, this pair ranks #69,665 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pecado vs pedido
Shared letters: deop. Private to "pecado": ac. Private to "pedido": i.
"pecado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pedido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pecado" for "pedido" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pecado" or "pedido" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pecado" and "pedido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pecado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pedido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,665 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pecado" and "pedido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pecado vs prelado". 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 #69,665 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.