Which to use
“piano” is an adjective and “piso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,333
- “piano” frequency rank
- #5,780
- “piso” frequency rank
- 11113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piano | piso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | demudado de um modo impetuoso e manifestativo para outro recolhidamente oposto | modo de pisar ou andar |
Where the eye mixes piano and piso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. piano runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against piso's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between piano and piso
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: piano is /pi.ˈã.nu/ while piso is /ˈpi.zu/. 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 11113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piano is recorded at frequency rank #5,333, classified as anadj, pronounced /pi.ˈã.nu/. piso is at rank #5,780, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpi.zu/.
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 11113, this pair ranks #61,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of piano vs piso
Shared letters: iop. Private to "piano": an. Private to "piso": s.
"piano" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "piso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "piano" for "piso" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "piano" or "piso" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "piano" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piano" and "piso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piso 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 #61,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.