# pedrão vs perto

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pedrão
*noun · IPA /pe.'dɾoŋ/ · frequency rank #41,177*
pedrão grande

### perto
*adverb · IPA /ˈpɛh.tʊ/, /ˈpɛr.tʊ/ · frequency rank #509*
a pouca distância

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pedrao-vs-perto