picovspreçoTell them apart

Which to use

“pico” and “preço” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,685
“pico” frequency rank
#996
“preço” frequency rank
7681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pico preço
Definition cume aguçado custo unitário de qualquer coisa que possa ser vendida

Where the eye mixes pico and preço

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
pico
5 ch
preço

Visual trap between pico and preço

A purely visual mix-up. pico (/ˈpi.ku/) and preço (/ˈpɾe.su/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pico is recorded at frequency rank #6,685, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpi.ku/. preço is at rank #996, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾe.su/.

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 7681, this pair ranks #66,404 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pico vs preço

Shared letters: op. Private to "pico": ci. Private to "preço": erç.

"pico" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "preço" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • picoipco · pcio · picco · pioc · ppico

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pico" and "preço" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpi.ku/ versus /ˈpɾe.su/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "pico" vs "preço" - which ranks higher?
"preço" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #996 in our Portuguese list, against #6,685 for "pico". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "preço" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,404 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pico" and "preço" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pico 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 #66,404 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list