Which to use
“pilão” and “play” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,522
- “pilão” frequency rank
- #3,929
- “play” frequency rank
- 49451
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pilão | play |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mão do almofariz | botão que aciona a reprodução de mídia |
Letter map: pilão vs play
Shared letters muted; letters that set pilão and play apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. pilão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against play's 4 (CCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - pilão / play
pilão and play are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49451, 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/. play is at rank #3,929, tagged as anoun.
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 49451, this pair ranks #15,553 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pilão vs play
Shared letters: lp. Private to "pilão": ioã. Private to "play": ay.
"pilão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "play" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- play ← lpay · paly · playy · pllay · plya · pplay
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pilão" and "play" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pilão" or "play" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "pilão" and "play". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pilão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "play" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,553 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pilão" and "play" 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 #15,553 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.