Which to use
“podre” is an adjective and “por” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,388
- “podre” frequency rank
- #18
- “por” frequency rank
- 9406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | podre | por |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está em decomposição | exprime, entre outras relações, causa, modo, tempo, meio, lugar, qualidade, estado, preço, etc |
Where the eye mixes podre and por
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: podre vs por
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: podre is /ˈpo.dɾɨ/ while por is /poɾ/, /pʊɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
podre is recorded at frequency rank #9,388, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈpo.dɾɨ/. por is at rank #18, tagged as aprep, pronounced /poɾ/, /pʊɾ/.
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 9406, this pair ranks #64,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of podre vs por
Shared letters: opr. Private to "podre": de. Private to "por": -.
"podre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "por" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- podre ← opdre · pdore · poddre · podrre · porde · ppodre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "podre" for "por" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "podre" or "por" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "podre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "por" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "podre" and "por" 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 #64,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.