podre vs pote, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“podre” is an adjective and “pote” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,388
“podre” frequency rank: #10,588
“pote” frequency rank: 19976
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	podre	pote
Definition	que está em decomposição	cântaro grande para líquidos

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set podre and pote apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

podre

4 ch

pote

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: podre is /ˈpo.dɾɨ/ while pote is /ˈpɔ.tɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19976, 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/. pote is at rank #10,588, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɔ.tɨ/.

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 19976, this pair ranks #50,637 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of podre vs pote

Shared letters: eop. Private to "podre": dr. Private to "pote": t.

"podre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

podre ← opdre · pdore · poddre · podrre · porde · ppodre
pote ← opte · poet · potte · ppote · ptoe

Frequency comparison

podre#9,388

pote#10,588

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "podre" and "pote" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "podre" is an adjective and "pote" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "podre" or "pote"?

"podre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,388 in our Portuguese list, against #10,588 for "pote". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering podre vs pote

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “podre”; for a noun, it's “pote”.
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