Which to use
“petição” is a noun and “poético” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,317
- “petição” frequency rank
- #19,245
- “poético” frequency rank
- 26562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | petição | poético |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | documento entregue pelo advogado ao tribunal para dar início a um processo | relativo à poesia ou que a inspira |
Where the eye mixes petição and poético
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. petição (CVCVCVV) and poético (CVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: petição vs poético
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: petição is /pɨ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while poético is /ˈpwɛ.ti.ku/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
petição is recorded at frequency rank #7,317, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɨ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. poético is at rank #19,245, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpwɛ.ti.ku/.
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 26562, this pair ranks #42,584 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of petição vs poético
Shared letters: iopt. Private to "petição": eãç. Private to "poético": cé.
"petição" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "poético" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "petição" for "poético" ever safe?
Which is more common, "petição" or "poético"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "petição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poético" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,584 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "petição" and "poético" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poético vs profético". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #42,584 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.