pacas

adv

The verdict

“pacas” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #43,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,064
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - muito

Corpus desk

Index PT-pacas · pacas · Portuguese

pacas · rank #43,064 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,064
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH parapeito

Nearest frequency peer: parapeito (+3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pacas”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pacas” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pacas vs para
60% similar
pacas vs país
60% similar
pacas vs peça
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pacas
PropertyValue
Headwordpacas
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,064
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pacas”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.pacascai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “parapeito” (#43,067), “patologista” (#43,070), “patricinha” (#43,071). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pacas” fica em #43,064. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pacas, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #43,064 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "muito".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pacas, with forms such as "apcas", "paacs", and "pacass". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "para", "país", "peça", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is pacas, spelled P-A-C-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    muito

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pacas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Gosto dela pacas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apcas
  • paacs
  • pacass
  • paccas
  • pacsa
  • pcaas
  • ppacas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pacas - 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.

apcas2paacs2pacass1paccas1pacsa2pcaas2ppacas1
Edit distance from "pacas"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pacas"?
"pacas" is spelled P-A-C-A-S.
What does "pacas" mean?
As an adverb, "pacas" means: muito
What words are commonly confused with "pacas"?
"pacas" is commonly confused with "para", "país", "peça". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pacas" come from?
"pacas" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pacas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list