pacifier
/pa.si.fje/
The verdict
“pacifier” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pacificar, apaziguar, acalmar
Corpus desk
Index PT-pacifier · pacifier · Portuguese
pacifier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pacifier |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pa.si.fje/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pacifier” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pacifier is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /pa.si.fje/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pacificar, apaziguar, acalmar".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pacifier, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pacifier, spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1pacificar, apaziguar, acalmar
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.