Which to use
“pião” is a noun and “pisco” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,727
- “pião” frequency rank
- #31,500
- “pisco” frequency rank
- 67227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pião | pisco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | brinquedo que consiste em puxar uma corda enrolada a um objeto afunilado, geralmente de madeira ou plástico e com uma ponta de ferro, colocando-o em rotação no solo, mantendo-se erguido | pequeno, fechado, referido aos olhos |
Letter map: pião vs pisco
Shared letters muted; letters that set pião and pisco apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. pião runs 4 letters (CVVV) against pisco's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for pião / pisco
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pião is anoun and piscoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pião is recorded at frequency rank #35,727, classified as anoun. pisco is at rank #31,500, tagged as anadj.
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 67227, this pair ranks #4,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pião vs pisco
Shared letters: iop. Private to "pião": ã. Private to "pisco": cs.
"pião" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "pisco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pisco ← ipsco · picso · piscco · pisoc · pissco · ppisco · psico
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pião" and "pisco" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pião" or "pisco"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pião" and "pisco".
- Full dictionary entry for "pião" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pisco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pião" and "pisco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pião 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 #4,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.