Which to use
“praça” and “praxe” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,223
- “praça” frequency rank
- #25,097
- “praxe” frequency rank
- 26320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | praça | praxe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | espaço público e espaçoso rodeado de edifícios; rossio; mercado; circo | aquilo que habitualmente se faz; costume, prática, rotina |
Letter map: praça vs praxe
Shared letters muted; letters that set praça and praxe apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: praça and praxe
praça and praxe 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 26320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
praça is recorded at frequency rank #1,223, classified as anoun. praxe is at rank #25,097, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾa.ʃɨ/.
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 26320, this pair ranks #42,869 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of praça vs praxe
Shared letters: apr. Private to "praça": ç. Private to "praxe": ex.
"praça" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "praxe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- praxe ← parxe · ppraxe · praex · praxxe · prraxe · prxae · rpaxe
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "praça" and "praxe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "praça" or "praxe"?
What to do next
Pair "praça" vs "praxe" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "praça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "praxe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,869 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "praça" and "praxe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs praxe". 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 #42,869 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.