Which to use
“pingo” and “pingos” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,885
- “pingo” frequency rank
- #37,467
- “pingos” frequency rank
- 55352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pingo | pingos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | gota; gotejamento; goteira | plural de pingo |
Letter map: pingo vs pingos
Shared letters muted; letters that set pingo and pingos apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Pair insight - pingo / pingos
pingo and pingos 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 extra letter(s) - “pingo” sits inside “pingos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pingo is recorded at frequency rank #17,885, classified as anoun. pingos is at rank #37,467, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpĩ.ɡus/.
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 55352, this pair ranks #10,642 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pingo vs pingos
Shared letters: ginop. Private to "pingo": -. Private to "pingos": s.
"pingo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pingos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pingo" and "pingos" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pingo" or "pingos" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pingo" and "pingos".
- Full dictionary entry for "pingo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pingos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,642 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pingo" and "pingos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piegas vs pingos". 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 #10,642 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.