parcial

adj

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The verdict

“parcial” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,566
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não é completo ou não esteja em sua totalidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-parcial · parcial · Portuguese

parcial · rank #5,566 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,566
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pano

Nearest frequency peer: pano (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “parcial”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “parcial” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

parcial vs pascal
71% similar
parcial vs pardal
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for parcial
PropertyValue
Headwordparcial
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,566
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “parcial”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).parcialcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pano” (#5,565), “osso” (#5,563), “ombro” (#5,562). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “parcial” fica em #5,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around parcial, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,566 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parcial, with forms such as "aprcial", "pacrial", and "parcail". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pascal", "pardal", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is parcial, spelled P-A-R-C-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não é completo ou não esteja em sua totalidade
  2. 2
    diz-se daquele que num litígio favorece uma das partes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how parcial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a contagem parcial dos votos parece indicar uma vitória da oposição
  2. naturalmente o julgamento da mãe em relação a seu filho é parcial.

Antonyms

imparcial

This word in other languages

partial(English)parcial(Español)partiel(Français)teilweise(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprcial
  • pacrial
  • parcail
  • parccial
  • parciall
  • parcila
  • parical
  • parrcial
  • pparcial
  • pracial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parcial - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aprcial2pacrial2parcail2parccial1parciall1parcila2parical2parrcial1
Edit distance from "parcial"

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 "parcial"?
"parcial" is spelled P-A-R-C-I-A-L.
What does "parcial" mean?
As an adjective, "parcial" means: que não é completo ou não esteja em sua totalidade
What words are commonly confused with "parcial"?
"parcial" is commonly confused with "pascal", "pardal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "parcial" come from?
"parcial" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

roubado#5,576acertar#5,590algodão#5,592alterar#5,593

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fortuna10 variantsescravo10 variantsencarar10 variantsdiploma10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list