Which to use
“pedido” is an adjective and “perigo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,126
- “pedido” frequency rank
- #1,902
- “perigo” frequency rank
- 3028
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pedido | perigo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | solicitado | uma situação de ameaça |
Where the eye mixes pedido and perigo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pedido and perigo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: pedido vs perigo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pedido is /pɨ.ˈdi.du/ while perigo is /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pedido is recorded at frequency rank #1,126, classified as anadj, pronounced /pɨ.ˈdi.du/. perigo is at rank #1,902, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/.
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 3028, this pair ranks #72,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pedido vs perigo
Shared letters: eiop. Private to "pedido": d. Private to "perigo": gr.
"pedido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "perigo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pedido" for "perigo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pedido" or "perigo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pedido" and "perigo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perigo vs périplo". 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 #72,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.