Which to use
“pingo” and “pinhão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,885
- “pingo” frequency rank
- #31,497
- “pinhão” frequency rank
- 49382
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pingo | pinhão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | gota; gotejamento; goteira | o fruto do pinheiro-manso |
Letter map: pingo vs pinhão
Shared letters muted; letters that set pingo and pinhão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. pingo runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against pinhão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: pingo and pinhão
pingo and pinhão 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 49382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pingo is recorded at frequency rank #17,885, classified as anoun. pinhão is at rank #31,497, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pi.ˈɲɐ̃w̃/.
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 49382, this pair ranks #15,639 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pingo vs pinhão
Shared letters: inop. Private to "pingo": g. Private to "pinhão": hã.
"pingo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pinhão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pingo ← ipngo · pigno · pinggo · pinngo · pinog · pnigo · ppingo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pingo" and "pinhão" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pingo" vs "pinhão" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "pingo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pinhão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,639 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pingo" and "pinhão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pilão vs pinhão". 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 #15,639 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.