pace

//ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ// adv

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,071

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pace is anPortugueseadv. It means: em paz, pacificamente Pronounced /ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ/. Often confused with pé and pai.

Key facts for pace
PropertyValue
Headwordpace
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
IPA/ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#29,071
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pace in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pace is 4 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ/. Corpus data places it at rank #29,071 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "em paz, pacificamente".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for pace, with forms such as "apce", "pacce", and "paec". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pé", "pai", "paz", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is pace, spelled P-A-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    em paz, pacificamente

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apce,pacce,paec,pcae,ppace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pace

Misspelling Variants of "pace"

apce4pacce5paec4pcae4ppace5
Misspelling Variants of "pace"

Frequency rank: #29,071 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pace"?
"pace" is spelled P-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ/.
What does "pace" mean?
As an adv, "pace" means: em paz, pacificamente
What words are commonly confused with "pace"?
"pace" is commonly confused with "pé", "pai", "paz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pace" is /ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pace" come from?
"pace" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.