Which to use
“pista” and “prisma” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,903
- “pista” frequency rank
- #17,894
- “prisma” frequency rank
- 19797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pista | prisma |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte de um campo de aviação onde aterram e donde levantam aeronaves | sólido com bases paralelas poligonais e paralelogramos como faces laterais |
Where the eye mixes pista and prisma
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pista vs prisma
A purely visual mix-up. pista (/ˈpiʃ.tɐ/) and prisma (/ˈpɾiʒ.mɐ/) 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 19797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pista is recorded at frequency rank #1,903, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpiʃ.tɐ/. prisma is at rank #17,894, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾiʒ.mɐ/.
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 19797, this pair ranks #50,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pista vs prisma
Shared letters: aips. Private to "pista": t. Private to "prisma": mr.
"pista" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "prisma" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pista" for "prisma" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pista" vs "prisma" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pista" and "prisma" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pista" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prisma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pista" and "prisma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pastar vs pista". 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 #50,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.