Which to use
“pião” is a noun and “puxo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,727
- “pião” frequency rank
- #34,869
- “puxo” frequency rank
- 70596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pião | puxo |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo puxar |
Letter map: pião vs puxo
Shared letters muted; letters that set pião and puxo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. pião (CVVV) and puxo (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for pião / puxo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pião is anoun and puxoaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pião is recorded at frequency rank #35,727, classified as anoun. puxo is at rank #34,869, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpu.ʃu/.
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 70596, this pair ranks #3,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pião vs puxo
Shared letters: op. Private to "pião": iã. Private to "puxo": ux.
"pião" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "puxo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- puxo ← ppuxo · puox · puxxo · pxuo · upxo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pião" for "puxo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pião" or "puxo"?
What to do next
You've compared "pião" and "puxo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pião" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puxo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pião" and "puxo" 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 #3,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.