pancadão
/pɐ̃kɐˈdɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“pancadão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,194 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,194
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - som tocado em alto volume
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pancadão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ̃kɐˈdɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pancadão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pancadão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,194 among 3,113 “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
- 1som tocado em alto volume
- 2situação em que é tocado funk em alto volume em um local, acompanhado de algo tal como uma festa ou coisa similar a isso
- 3funk tocado em alto volume sonoro
- 4mulher 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.
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Using “pancadão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-N-C-A-D-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐ̃kɐˈdɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.