pancadão

/pɐ̃kɐˈdɐ̃w̃/

//pɐ̃kɐˈdɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“pancadão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,194 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,194
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - som tocado em alto volume

Corpus desk

Index PT-pancadao · pancadão · Portuguese

pancadão · rank #92,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,194
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH parafrasear

Nearest frequency peer: parafrasear (+2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “pancadão”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pancadão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pancadão
PropertyValue
Headwordpancadão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɐ̃kɐˈdɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,194
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pancadão” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.pancadãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “parafrasear” (#92,196), “ossário” (#92,182), “operariado” (#92,180). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pancadão” fica em #92,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pancadão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,194 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐ̃kɐˈdɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for pancadão in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is pancadão, spelled P-A-N-C-A-D-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    som tocado em alto volume
  2. 2
    situação em que é tocado funk em alto volume em um local, acompanhado de algo tal como uma festa ou coisa similar a isso
  3. 3
    funk tocado em alto volume sonoro
  4. 4
    mulher corpulenta e formosa, atraente fisicamente

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 "pancadão"?
"pancadão" is spelled P-A-N-C-A-D-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɐ̃kɐˈdɐ̃w̃/.
What does "pancadão" mean?
As a noun, "pancadão" means: som tocado em alto volume
How do you pronounce "pancadão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pancadão" is /pɐ̃kɐˈdɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list