pandemia
The verdict
“pandemia” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,678 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,678
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - epidemia que ocorre em grandes proporções, até mesmo por todo o planeta
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pandemia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pandemia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pandemia is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #7,678 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "epidemia que ocorre em grandes proporções, até mesmo por todo o planeta".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pandemia, with forms such as "apndemia", "padnemia", and "panddemia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is pandemia, spelled P-A-N-D-E-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1epidemia que ocorre em grandes proporções, até mesmo por todo o planeta
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apndemia,padnemia,panddemia,pandeima,pandemai,pandemmia,pandmeia,panedmia,panndemia,pnademia,ppandemia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pandemia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "pandemia"?
What does "pandemia" mean?
What are common misspellings of "pandemia"?
What language does "pandemia" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “pandemia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-N-D-E-M-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
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.