parceiro
The verdict
“parceiro” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,436 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,436
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - uma pessoa com a qual compartilhamos algum evento, ação ou empreitada
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 | parceiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parceiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for parceiro is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #2,436 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for parceiro, with forms such as "aprceiro", "pacreiro", and "parcceiro". 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 also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "porreiro", "parteira", "parreira", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is parceiro, spelled P-A-R-C-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1uma pessoa com a qual compartilhamos algum evento, ação ou empreitada
- 2alguém com quem se faz sexo
- 3alguém com quem se dança
- 4alguém que participa num par
- 5amigo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aprceiro,pacreiro,parcceiro,parceior,parceirro,parcerio,parciero,pareciro,parrceiro,pparceiro,praceiro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parceiro - 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.
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Using “parceiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-C-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “porreiro” - see the side-by-side comparison. parceiro vs porreiro
- 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.