Which to use
“pecado” is a noun and “pesada” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,926
- “pecado” frequency rank
- #4,943
- “pesada” frequency rank
- 8869
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pecado | pesada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | transgressão de um preceito religioso | feminino do adjetivo pesado |
Letter map: pecado vs pesada
Shared letters muted; letters that set pecado and pesada apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for pecado / pesada
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pecado is anoun and pesadaanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8869, 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/. pesada is at rank #4,943, tagged as anadj.
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 8869, this pair ranks #64,757 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pecado vs pesada
Shared letters: adep. Private to "pecado": co. Private to "pesada": s.
"pecado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pesada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pecado" for "pesada" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pecado" vs "pesada" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pecado" and "pesada".
- Full dictionary entry for "pecado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pesada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,757 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pecado" and "pesada" 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 #64,757 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.