Which to use
“pinhão” and “pinho” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,497
- “pinhão” frequency rank
- #15,178
- “pinho” frequency rank
- 46675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pinhão | pinho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o fruto do pinheiro-manso | árvore do gênero das Pinus, de folhas aciculares que perduram todo o ano |
Where the eye mixes pinhão and pinho
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pinhão runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against pinho's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pinhão vs pinho
A purely visual mix-up. pinhão (/pi.ˈɲɐ̃w̃/) and pinho (/ˈpi.ɲu/) 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 46675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pinhão is recorded at frequency rank #31,497, classified as anoun, pronounced /pi.ˈɲɐ̃w̃/. pinho is at rank #15,178, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpi.ɲu/.
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 46675, this pair ranks #18,638 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pinhão vs pinho
Shared letters: hinop. Private to "pinhão": ã. Private to "pinho": -.
"pinhão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "pinho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pinho ← ipnho · pihno · pinhho · pinnho · pinoh · pniho · ppinho
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pinhão" for "pinho" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pinhão" or "pinho" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pinhão" and "pinho" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pinhão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pinho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,638 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pinhão" and "pinho" 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 #18,638 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.