pesvsPTTell them apart

Quick tell: pes is a noun, PT is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pes” is a noun and “PT” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,445
“pes” frequency rank
#1,446
“PT” frequency rank
24891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pes PT
Definition cão Partido dos Trabalhadores

Letter map: pes vs PT

Shared letters muted; letters that set pes and PT apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
pes
2 ch
PT

Part-of-speech tell for pes / PT

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pes is anoun and PTanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24891, 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 ?). PT is at rank #1,446, tagged as anabbrev.

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 24891, this pair ranks #44,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pes vs PT

Shared letters: p. Private to "pes": es. Private to "PT": t.

"pes" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "PT" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pes" and "PT" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pes" is a noun and "PT" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pes" or "PT" show up more?
"PT" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,446 in our Portuguese list, against #23,445 for "pes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "pes" and "PT". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "PT" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pes" and "PT" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pes vs pix". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #44,568 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