Which to use
“pecado” and “pescada” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,926
- “pecado” frequency rank
- #45,991
- “pescada” frequency rank
- 49917
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pecado | pescada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | transgressão de um preceito religioso | peixe teleósteo da família dos Gadíneos muito apreciado |
Where the eye mixes pecado and pescada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pecado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against pescada's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pecado and pescada
A purely visual mix-up. pecado (/pɨ.ˈka.du/) and pescada (/pɨʃ.ˈka.dɐ/) 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 49917, 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/. pescada is at rank #45,991, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɨʃ.ˈka.dɐ/.
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 49917, this pair ranks #15,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pecado vs pescada
Shared letters: acdep. Private to "pecado": o. Private to "pescada": s.
"pecado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pescada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pecado" for "pescada" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pecado" or "pescada"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pecado" and "pescada" 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 "pescada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pecado" and "pescada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pescada vs pescado". 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 #15,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.