PCD
The verdict
“PCD” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,780 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,780
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa com deficiência
Corpus desk
Index PT-pcd · PCD · Portuguese
PCD · rank #51,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,780
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH parafina
Nearest frequency peer: parafina (-4 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “PCD”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- palhaça
palhaça
48,230 corpus weight
- panelinha
panelinha
48,229 corpus weight
- panther
panther
48,228 corpus weight
- parafina
parafina
48,225 corpus weight
- PCD
PCD
48,221 corpus weight
- peteca
peteca
48,211 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “PCD” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PCD |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “PCD” em português
Rare enough to double-check
PCD is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,780 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa com deficiência".
Zero misspellings are on record for PCD in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 PCD, spelled P-C-D.
Definition
- 1pessoa com deficiência
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how PCD appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Candidatos de concursos públicos diagnosticados com Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA) de nível um — o mais leve em uma escala de três — acionaram a Justiça contra bancas organizadoras após serem impedidos de disputar vagas reservadas a Pessoas com Deficiência (PCD).
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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