paia

adj

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The verdict

“paia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,778 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,778
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ruim, tosco

Key facts for paia
PropertyValue
Headwordpaia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,778
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “paia” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). paia lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,778 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ruim, tosco".

No generated misspelling entries exist for paia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is paia, spelled P-A-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ruim, tosco

Synonyms

palha

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 "paia"?
"paia" is spelled P-A-I-A.
What does "paia" mean?
As an adjective, "paia" means: ruim, tosco
What language does "paia" come from?
"paia" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “paia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list