Which to use
“planta” and “plantão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,100
- “planta” frequency rank
- #8,939
- “plantão” frequency rank
- 12039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | planta | plantão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | qualquer ser vivo do reino dos vegetais; deve ser pluricelular e apresentar clorofila, tecidos organizados e parede celular | serviço policial, distribuído diariamente a um soldado, dentro da própria caserna, companhia ou bataria |
Where the eye mixes planta and plantão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. planta runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against plantão's 7 (CCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: planta vs plantão
A purely visual mix-up. planta (/ˈplɐ̃.tɐ/) and plantão (/plɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/) 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 12039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
planta is recorded at frequency rank #3,100, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈplɐ̃.tɐ/. plantão is at rank #8,939, tagged as anoun, pronounced /plɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/.
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 12039, this pair ranks #60,672 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of planta vs plantão
Shared letters: alnpt. Private to "planta": -. Private to "plantão": oã.
"planta" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "plantão" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- planta ← lpanta · palnta · planat · plannta · plantta · platna · pllanta · plnata
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "planta" and "plantão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "planta" or "plantão" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "planta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plantão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,672 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "planta" and "plantão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plantão vs platô". 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 #60,672 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.