pesvsplusTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,445
“pes” frequency rank
#5,986
“plus” frequency rank
29431
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pes plus
Definition cão bônus que comumente por si só não acarreta encargo adicional

Letter map: pes vs plus

Shared letters muted; letters that set pes and plus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
pes
4 ch
plus

Spelling & dictionary notes on pes vs plus

pes and plus are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pes is recorded at frequency rank #23,445, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɛs ouvir^(fonte ?). plus is at rank #5,986, tagged as anoun.

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 29431, this pair ranks #39,197 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pes vs plus

Shared letters: ps. Private to "pes": e. Private to "plus": lu.

"pes" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "plus" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pluslpus · pllus · plsu · pluss · pplus · puls

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pes" for "plus" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "pes" or "plus"?
"plus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,986 in our Portuguese list, against #23,445 for "pes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "pes" vs "plus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "plus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,197 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pes" and "plus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pes vs pix". 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 #39,197 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