Which to use
“pouco” is an adjective and “pouso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #172
- “pouco” frequency rank
- #10,774
- “pouso” frequency rank
- 10946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pouco | pouso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | presente em baixa quantidade | ação de pousar |
Letter map: pouco vs pouso
Shared letters muted; letters that set pouco and pouso apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: pouco vs pouso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pouco is anadjective and pousoanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “pouco” becomes s in “pouso”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pouco is recorded at frequency rank #172, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈpoʊ.kʊ/. 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 10946, this pair ranks #62,016 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pouco vs pouso
Shared letters: opu. Private to "pouco": c. Private to "pouso": s.
"pouco" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "pouso" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pouco" for "pouso" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pouco" or "pouso" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "pouco" and "pouso". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pouco" 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 #62,016 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pouco" and "pouso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pluto vs pouso". 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 #62,016 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.