Which to use
“piscar” is a verb and “pisco” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,179
- “piscar” frequency rank
- #31,500
- “pisco” frequency rank
- 46679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piscar | pisco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação de fechar e abrir rapidamente os olhos | pequeno, fechado, referido aos olhos |
Letter map: piscar vs pisco
Shared letters muted; letters that set piscar and pisco apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. piscar runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against pisco's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - piscar and pisco
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: piscar is averb and piscoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piscar is recorded at frequency rank #15,179, classified as averb, pronounced /pisˈka(ʁ)/ [pisˈka(h)]. pisco is at rank #31,500, tagged as anadj.
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 46679, this pair ranks #18,632 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piscar vs pisco
Shared letters: cips. Private to "piscar": ar. Private to "pisco": o.
"piscar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pisco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "piscar" for "pisco" ever safe?
Frequency check: "piscar" vs "pisco" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "piscar" and "pisco". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "piscar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pisco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,632 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piscar" and "pisco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pilão vs pisco". 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 #18,632 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.