Which to use
“pinhão” and “pinta” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,497
- “pinhão” frequency rank
- #11,325
- “pinta” frequency rank
- 42822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pinhão | pinta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o fruto do pinheiro-manso | mancha de pequeno tamanho; nódoa, sarda, sinal |
Where the eye mixes pinhão and pinta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pinhão runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against pinta's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pinhão and pinta
A purely visual mix-up. pinhão (/pi.ˈɲɐ̃w̃/) and pinta (/ˈpĩ.tɐ/) 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 42822, 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/. pinta is at rank #11,325, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpĩ.tɐ/.
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 42822, this pair ranks #22,893 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pinhão vs pinta
Shared letters: inp. Private to "pinhão": hoã. Private to "pinta": at.
"pinhão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "pinta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pinta ← ipnta · pinat · pinnta · pintta · pitna · pnita · ppinta
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pinhão" and "pinta" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pinhão" or "pinta"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pinhão" and "pinta" 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 "pinta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,893 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pinhão" and "pinta" 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 #22,893 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.