PCD
The verdict
“PCD” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,780 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,780
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa com deficiência
| 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) |
Where “PCD” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
PCD is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,780 among 3,113 “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
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 “PCD”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-C-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.