platôvsprazoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“platô” and “prazo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,020
“platô” frequency rank
#1,796
“prazo” frequency rank
46816
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature platô prazo
Definition o disco, numa embreagem a disco, causador da transmissão da força do motor até as rodas de tração data limite para execução de uma tarefa

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set platô and prazo apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
platô
5 ch
prazo

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

platô and prazo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

platô is recorded at frequency rank #45,020, classified as anoun. prazo is at rank #1,796, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾa.zu/.

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 46816, this pair ranks #18,487 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of platô vs prazo

Shared letters: ap. Private to "platô": ltô. Private to "prazo": orz.

"platô" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "prazo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prazoparzo · pprazo · praoz · prazzo · prrazo · przao · rpazo

Frequency comparison

platô#45,020
prazo#1,796

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "platô" and "prazo" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "platô" or "prazo"?
"prazo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,796 in our Portuguese list, against #45,020 for "platô". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering platô vs prazo

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “platô” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list