Which to use
“pesado” is an adjective and “pescada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,509
- “pesado” frequency rank
- #45,991
- “pescada” frequency rank
- 49500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pesado | pescada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que pesa muito | peixe teleósteo da família dos Gadíneos muito apreciado |
Where the eye mixes pesado and pescada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pesado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against pescada's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pesado vs pescada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pesado is /pɨ.ˈza.du/ while pescada is /pɨʃ.ˈka.dɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pesado is recorded at frequency rank #3,509, classified as anadj, pronounced /pɨ.ˈza.du/. pescada is at rank #45,991, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɨʃ.ˈka.dɐ/.
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 49500, this pair ranks #15,501 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pesado vs pescada
Shared letters: adeps. Private to "pesado": o. Private to "pescada": c.
"pesado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pescada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pesado" and "pescada" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pesado" or "pescada" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pesado" and "pescada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pesado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pescada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,501 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pesado" and "pescada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pescada vs pescado". 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 #15,501 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.