pacto

/ˈpak.tu/

//ˈpak.tu// noun

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The verdict

“pacto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,454
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - acordo feito entre duas ou mais partes acerca de algo

Corpus desk

Index PT-pacto · pacto · Portuguese

pacto · rank #6,454 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,454
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH palhaço

Nearest frequency peer: palhaço (+1 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 “pacto”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pacto” 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).

pacto vs pão
40% similar
pacto vs papo
60% similar
pacto vs poço
40% similar

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

Key facts for pacto
PropertyValue
Headwordpacto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpak.tu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,454
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pacto”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “palhaço” (#6,455), “Oliver” (#6,452), “nomeado” (#6,451). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pacto” fica em #6,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pacto (IPA /ˈpak.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,454 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pacto, with forms such as "apcto", "paccto", and "pacot". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pão", "papo", "poço", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pacto, spelled P-A-C-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    acordo feito entre duas ou mais partes acerca de algo
  2. 2
    ajuste; acordo

This word in other languages

pact(English)pacto(Español)pacte(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apcto
  • paccto
  • pacot
  • pactto
  • patco
  • pcato
  • ppacto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apcto2paccto1pacot2pactto1patco2pcato2ppacto1
Edit distance from "pacto"

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 "pacto"?
"pacto" is spelled P-A-C-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpak.tu/.
What does "pacto" mean?
As a noun, "pacto" means: acordo feito entre duas ou mais partes acerca de algo
What words are commonly confused with "pacto"?
"pacto" is commonly confused with "pão", "papo", "poço". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pacto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pacto" is /ˈpak.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pacto" come from?
"pacto" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

cerco7 variantsbesta7 variantseditar7 variantsalívio7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list