Which to use
“pingo” and “piso” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,885
- “pingo” frequency rank
- #5,780
- “piso” frequency rank
- 23665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pingo | piso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | gota; gotejamento; goteira | modo de pisar ou andar |
Letter map: pingo vs piso
Shared letters muted; letters that set pingo and piso apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - pingo / piso
pingo and piso 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 23665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pingo is recorded at frequency rank #17,885, classified as anoun. piso is at rank #5,780, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpi.zu/.
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 23665, this pair ranks #46,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pingo vs piso
Shared letters: iop. Private to "pingo": gn. Private to "piso": s.
"pingo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "piso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pingo" for "piso" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pingo" vs "piso" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "pingo" and "piso". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pingo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pingo" and "piso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pilão vs pingo". 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 #46,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.