Which to use
“pedido” and “pesado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,126
- “pedido” frequency rank
- #3,509
- “pesado” frequency rank
- 4635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pedido | pesado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | solicitado | que pesa muito |
Where the eye mixes pedido and pesado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pedido and pesado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses pedido with pesado
A purely visual mix-up. pedido (/pɨ.ˈdi.du/) and pesado (/pɨ.ˈza.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4635, 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/. pesado is at rank #3,509, tagged as anadj, pronounced /pɨ.ˈza.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 4635, this pair ranks #70,198 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pedido vs pesado
Shared letters: deop. Private to "pedido": i. Private to "pesado": as.
"pedido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pesado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pedido" for "pesado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pedido" vs "pesado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pedido" and "pesado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pesado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,198 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pedido" and "pesado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pesado 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 #70,198 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.