porãovspousoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#13,812
“porão” frequency rank
#10,774
“pouso” frequency rank
24586
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature porão pouso
Definition parte de um imóvel abaixo do primeiro piso ação de pousar

Letter map: porão vs pouso

Shared letters muted; letters that set porão and pouso apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. porão (CVCVV) and pouso (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
porão
5 ch
pouso

Corpus notes: porão and pouso

porão and pouso 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24586, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

porão is recorded at frequency rank #13,812, classified as anoun, pronounced /pu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/. pouso is at rank #10,774, tagged as anoun.

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 24586, this pair ranks #44,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of porão vs pouso

Shared letters: op. Private to "porão": rã. Private to "pouso": su.

"porão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "pouso" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pouso ← opuso · posuo · pouos · pousso · ppouso · puoso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "porão" and "pouso" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "porão" vs "pouso" - which ranks higher?
"pouso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,774 in our Portuguese list, against #13,812 for "porão". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "porão" and "pouso".

  • Full dictionary entry for "porão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pouso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "porão" and "pouso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pilão vs porão". 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 #44,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list