pastelão
/pɐʃ.tɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“pastelão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,144 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,144
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - grande pastel ou empada
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pastelão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐʃ.tɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pastelão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pastelão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,144 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐʃ.tɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pastelão, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is pastelão, spelled P-A-S-T-E-L-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1grande pastel ou empada
- 2tipo de humor escrachado usado no entretenimento, muitas vezes, caracterizado como escárnio
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 “pastelão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-S-T-E-L-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐʃ.tɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.