paciência
/pɐ.ˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
The verdict
“paciência” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,426 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #3,426
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - interjeição que demonstra resignação, conformação ante uma situação adversa
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paciência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /pɐ.ˈsjẽ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paciência” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for paciência is 9 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɐ.ˈsjẽ.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,426 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "interjeição que demonstra resignação, conformação ante uma situação adversa".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for paciência, with forms such as "apciência", "pacciência", and "pacinêcia". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is paciência, spelled P-A-C-I-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1interjeição que demonstra resignação, conformação ante uma situação adversa
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apciência,pacciência,pacinêcia,paciêcnia,paciêncai,paciênccia,paciênica,paciênncia,pacêincia,paicência,pcaiência,ppaciência
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paciência - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “paciência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-C-I-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐ.ˈsjẽ.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.