Which to use
“pedrão” and “perdão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,177
- “pedrão” frequency rank
- #3,278
- “perdão” frequency rank
- 44455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pedrão | perdão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pedrão grande | fim de uma exigência |
Where the eye mixes pedrão and perdão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pedrão and perdão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses pedrão with perdão
A purely visual mix-up. pedrão (/pe.'dɾoŋ/) and perdão (/pɨɾ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (dr ↔ rd) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pedrão is recorded at frequency rank #41,177, classified as anoun, pronounced /pe.'dɾoŋ/. perdão is at rank #3,278, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɨɾ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/.
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 44455, this pair ranks #21,030 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pedrão vs perdão
Shared letters: deoprã. Private to "pedrão": -. Private to "perdão": -.
"pedrão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perdão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pedrão" and "perdão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pedrão" or "perdão" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pedrão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perdão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,030 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pedrão" and "perdão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pedrão vs Petro". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #21,030 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.