Which to use
“pilão” is a noun and “piloto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,522
- “pilão” frequency rank
- #2,389
- “piloto” frequency rank
- 47911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pilão | piloto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mão do almofariz | que é feito em caráter preliminar, para testar ou servir como protótipo |
Where the eye mixes pilão and piloto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pilão vs piloto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pilão is /pi.ˈlɐ̃w̃/ while piloto is /pi.ˈlo.tu/. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pilão is recorded at frequency rank #45,522, classified as anoun, pronounced /pi.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. piloto is at rank #2,389, tagged as anadj, pronounced /pi.ˈlo.tu/.
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 47911, this pair ranks #17,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pilão vs piloto
Shared letters: ilop. Private to "pilão": ã. Private to "piloto": t.
"pilão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "piloto" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- piloto ← iploto · pilloto · piloot · pilotto · piltoo · piolto · plioto · ppiloto
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pilão" and "piloto" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pilão" or "piloto" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pilão" and "piloto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pilão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piloto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pilão" and "piloto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pilão vs platô". 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 #17,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.