pacifista
/pɐ.si.ˈfiʃ.tɐ/
The verdict
“pacifista” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #39,295 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,295
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa partidária do pacifismo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pacifista |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ.si.ˈfiʃ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pacifista” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pacifista is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɐ.si.ˈfiʃ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,295 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pessoa partidária do pacifismo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pacifista, with forms such as "apcifista", "paccifista", and "pacfiista". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pacifista, spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1pessoa partidária do pacifismo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apcifista,paccifista,pacfiista,paciffista,pacifisat,pacifissta,pacifistta,pacifitsa,pacifsita,paciifsta,paicfista,pcaifista,ppacifista
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pacifista - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pacifista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-C-I-F-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐ.si.ˈfiʃ.tɐ/ (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.