pixvspoisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: pix is a adjective, pois is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pix” is an adjective and “pois” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,539
“pix” frequency rank
#251
“pois” frequency rank
47790
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pix pois
Definition que ocorre pelo sistema brasileiro de transferência bancária digital instantânea Pix logo, pelo que, portanto, por consequência, por conseguinte:

Letter map: pix vs pois

Shared letters muted; letters that set pix and pois apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. pix runs 3 letters (CVC) against pois's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
pix
4 ch
pois

Grammar separator: pix vs pois

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pix is anadjective and poisaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47790, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pix is recorded at frequency rank #47,539, classified as anadj. pois is at rank #251, tagged as aconj, pronounced /ˈpojʃ/.

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 47790, this pair ranks #17,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pix vs pois

Shared letters: ip. Private to "pix": x. Private to "pois": os.

"pix" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "pois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pois ← opis · pios · poiss · posi · ppois

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pix" and "pois" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pix" is an adjective and "pois" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "pix" vs "pois" - which ranks higher?
"pois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #251 in our Portuguese list, against #47,539 for "pix". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pix" and "pois".

  • Full dictionary entry for "pix" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pix" and "pois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pito 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 #17,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list