Which to use
“poder” is a noun and “podre” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #260
- “poder” frequency rank
- #9,388
- “podre” frequency rank
- 9648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poder | podre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | autoridade ou domínio | que está em decomposição |
Where the eye mixes poder and podre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: poder vs podre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: poder is /pu.ˈdeɾ/ while podre is /ˈpo.dɾɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (er ↔ re) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poder is recorded at frequency rank #260, classified as anoun, pronounced /pu.ˈdeɾ/. podre is at rank #9,388, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpo.dɾɨ/.
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 9648, this pair ranks #63,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poder vs podre
Shared letters: deopr. Private to "poder": -. Private to "podre": -.
"poder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "podre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poder" for "podre" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "poder" or "podre" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "poder" and "podre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "podre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poder" and "podre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "podre vs puré". 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 #63,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.