Which to use
“piso” is a noun and “posto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,780
- “piso” frequency rank
- #1,722
- “posto” frequency rank
- 7502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piso | posto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | modo de pisar ou andar | colocado, plantado, posicionado |
Where the eye mixes piso and posto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between piso and posto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: piso is /ˈpi.zu/ while posto is /ˈpoʃ.tʊ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piso is recorded at frequency rank #5,780, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpi.zu/. posto is at rank #1,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpoʃ.tʊ/.
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 7502, this pair ranks #66,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of piso vs posto
Shared letters: ops. Private to "piso": i. Private to "posto": t.
"piso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "posto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "piso" for "posto" ever safe?
Which is more common, "piso" or "posto"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "piso" and "posto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "piso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piso" and "posto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piso vs pix". 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 #66,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.