panqueca
[pɐ̃.ˈkʲɛ.kə], plural: [pɐ̃.ˈkʲɛ.kəʃ]
The verdict
“panqueca” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,760
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - massa à base de farinha, leite e ovos, normalmente preparada frita no óleo ou na manteiga
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | panqueca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɐ̃.ˈkʲɛ.kə], plural: [pɐ̃.ˈkʲɛ.kəʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “panqueca” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around panqueca (IPA [pɐ̃.ˈkʲɛ.kə], plural: [pɐ̃.ˈkʲɛ.kəʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,760 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for panqueca, with forms such as "apnqueca", "pannqueca", and "panqeuca". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "paquera", "panquecas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is panqueca, spelled P-A-N-Q-U-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1massa à base de farinha, leite e ovos, normalmente preparada frita no óleo ou na manteiga
- 2mancha de umidade de transpiração sob as axilas
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apnqueca,pannqueca,panqeuca,panqqueca,panqucea,panqueac,panquecca,panuqeca,paqnueca,pnaqueca,ppanqueca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of panqueca - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “panqueca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-N-Q-U-E-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɐ̃.ˈkʲɛ.kə], plural: [pɐ̃.ˈkʲɛ.kəʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “paquera” - see the side-by-side comparison. panqueca vs paquera
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.