pedreiro vs pedreiros, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“pedreiro” and “pedreiros” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,356
“pedreiro” frequency rank: #30,667
“pedreiros” frequency rank: 44023
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	pedreiro	pedreiros
Definition	operário que trabalha em obras com pedras e cal	plural de pedreiro

Where the eye mixes pedreiro and pedreiros

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. pedreiro runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against pedreiros's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch

pedreiro

9 ch

pedreiros

Visual trap between pedreiro and pedreiros

A purely visual mix-up. pedreiro (/pɨ.ˈdɾɐj.ɾu/) and pedreiros (/pe.ˈdɾei̯.ɾo̝ⁱʃ/) 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 extra letter(s) - “pedreiro” sits inside “pedreiros”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44023, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pedreiro is recorded at frequency rank #13,356, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɨ.ˈdɾɐj.ɾu/. pedreiros is at rank #30,667, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pe.ˈdɾei̯.ɾo̝ⁱʃ/.

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 44023, this pair ranks #21,522 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pedreiro vs pedreiros

Shared letters: deiopr. Private to "pedreiro": -. Private to "pedreiros": s.

"pedreiro" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "pedreiros" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

pedreiro ← epdreiro · pdereiro · peddreiro · pederiro · pedreior · pedreirro · pedrerio · pedriero
pedreiros ← epdreiros · pdereiros · peddreiros · pederiros · pedreiors · pedreiross · pedreirros · pedreirso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pedreiro" and "pedreiros" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/pɨ.ˈdɾɐj.ɾu/ versus /pe.ˈdɾei̯.ɾo̝ⁱʃ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pedreiro" or "pedreiros" show up more?

"pedreiro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,356 in our Portuguese list, against #30,667 for "pedreiros". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "pedreiro" and "pedreiros" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "pedreiro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "pedreiros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #21,522 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"pedreiro" and "pedreiros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "padroeiro vs pedreiro". 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 #21,522 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.