pesquisa
[pesˈkisa]
The verdict
“pesquisa” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #48,592 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,592
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indagación o investigación que se hace para averiguar la realidad de algo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pesquisa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pesˈkisa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #48,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pesquisa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pesquisa is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pesˈkisa]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,592 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pesquisa, with forms such as "epsquisa", "peqsuisa", and "pesqiusa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is pesquisa, spelled P-E-S-Q-U-I-S-A.
Definition
- 1Indagación o investigación que se hace para averiguar la realidad de algo.
- 2Policía secreta.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsquisa,peqsuisa,pesqiusa,pesqquisa,pesquias,pesquissa,pesqusia,pessquisa,pesuqisa,ppesquisa,psequisa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pesquisa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pesquisa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-S-Q-U-I-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pesˈkisa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.