peidovspeitoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#26,836
“peido” frequency rank
#2,695
“peito” frequency rank
29531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature peido peito
Definition gases intestinais, mais ou menos ruidosos, expelidos pelo ânus; flato parte do corpo humano onde ficam as glândulas mamárias, maior no corpo feminino devido ao desenvolvimento das referidas glândulas

Where the eye mixes peido and peito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. peido and peito follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
peido
5 ch
peito

Look-alike desk: peido vs peito

A purely visual mix-up. peido (/ˈpɐj.du/) and peito (/ˈpɐj.tu/) 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 a single letter - d in “peido” becomes t in “peito”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

peido is recorded at frequency rank #26,836, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɐj.du/. peito is at rank #2,695, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɐj.tu/.

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 29531, this pair ranks #39,072 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of peido vs peito

Shared letters: eiop. Private to "peido": d. Private to "peito": t.

"peido" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "peito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • peido ← epido · pedio · peiod · piedo · ppeido
  • peito ← epito · peiot · peitto · petio · pieto · ppeito

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "peido" and "peito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpɐj.du/ versus /ˈpɐj.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "peido" vs "peito" - which ranks higher?
"peito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,695 in our Portuguese list, against #26,836 for "peido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "peido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "peito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,072 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "peido" and "peito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peido vs pito". 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 #39,072 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list