Which to use
“pera” is a noun and “puta” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,669
- “pera” frequency rank
- #1,506
- “puta” frequency rank
- 20175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pera | puta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o fruto da pereira | belo, ótimo |
Letter map: pera vs puta
Shared letters muted; letters that set pera and puta apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for pera / puta
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pera is anoun and putaanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pera is recorded at frequency rank #18,669, classified as anoun. puta is at rank #1,506, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpu.tɐ/.
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 20175, this pair ranks #50,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pera vs puta
Shared letters: ap. Private to "pera": er. Private to "puta": tu.
"pera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "puta" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pera" and "puta" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pera" or "puta" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "pera" and "puta". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pera" and "puta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pera vs Pietra". 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 #50,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.