Which to use
“pilha” and “piza” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,233
- “pilha” frequency rank
- #43,087
- “piza” frequency rank
- 52320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pilha | piza |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | montão de coisas umas sobre as outras | o mesmo que pizza |
Where the eye mixes pilha and piza
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pilha runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against piza's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pilha and piza
A purely visual mix-up. pilha (/ˈpi.ʎɐ/) and piza (/ˈpi.zɐ/) 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 52320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pilha is recorded at frequency rank #9,233, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpi.ʎɐ/. piza is at rank #43,087, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpi.zɐ/.
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 52320, this pair ranks #12,856 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pilha vs piza
Shared letters: aip. Private to "pilha": hl. Private to "piza": z.
"pilha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "piza" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pilha" for "piza" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pilha" vs "piza" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pilha" and "piza" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pilha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,856 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pilha" and "piza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pix vs piza". 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 #12,856 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.