pareidolia
Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾej.doˈli.ɐ/
pareidolia is spelled P-A-R-E-I-D-O-L-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pareidolia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pareidolia (tendency to interpret vague stimuli as something familiar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pareidolia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepareidolia (tendency to interpret vague stimuli as something familiar)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pareidolia
- pareidolias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pareidolia?
- Brazil /pa.ɾej.doˈli.ɐ/
- Brazil [pa.ɾeɪ̯.doˈli.ɐ]
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾɐj.duˈli.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pareidolia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pareidolia in Portuguese?
pareidolia appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).