Which to use
“praça” and “praga” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,223
- “praça” frequency rank
- #5,674
- “praga” frequency rank
- 6897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | praça | praga |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | espaço público e espaçoso rodeado de edifícios; rossio; mercado; circo | imprecação |
Letter map: praça vs praga
Shared letters muted; letters that set praça and praga apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Pair insight - praça / praga
praça and praga 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 differ by a single letter - ç in “praça” becomes g in “praga”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
praça is recorded at frequency rank #1,223, classified as anoun. praga is at rank #5,674, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾa.ɡɐ/.
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 6897, this pair ranks #67,402 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of praça vs praga
Shared letters: apr. Private to "praça": ç. Private to "praga": g.
"praça" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "praga" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- praga ← parga · ppraga · praag · pragga · prgaa · prraga · rpaga
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "praça" for "praga" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "praça" or "praga" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "praça" and "praga".
- Full dictionary entry for "praça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "praga" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,402 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "praça" and "praga" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "polaca vs praça". 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 #67,402 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.