pé

/ˈpɛ/

//ˈpɛ// noun

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The verdict

“pé” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #878) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#878
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - extremidade dos membros inferiores do corpo humano, responsável pelo equilíbrio

Corpus desk

Index PT-pe · pé · Portuguese

pé · rank #878 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #878
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH ouro

Nearest frequency peer: ouro (-2 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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “pé”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “pé” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

pé vs PT
0% similar
pé vs pó
50% similar
pé vs pi
50% similar

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

Key facts for pé
PropertyValue
Headwordpé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpɛ/
Letters2
Frequency rank#878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “pé”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pécai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ouro” (#876), “sábado” (#880), “opinião” (#874). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pé” fica em #878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for pé is neighbouring look-alikes ("PT", "pó", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈpɛ/. Frequency #878 among 1,578 “P” headwords. 10 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Zero misspellings are on record for pé in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PT", "pó", "pi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pé, spelled P-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    extremidade dos membros inferiores do corpo humano, responsável pelo equilíbrio
  2. 2
    haste de sustentação dos móveis
  3. 3
    unidade de medida linear anglo-saxônica, equivalente a cerca de 30,48 centímetros do sistema métrico decimal
  4. 4
    pata
  5. 5
    pedestal
  6. 6
    numa cama, a parte oposta à cabeceira
  7. 7
    cada exemplar de uma planta
  8. 8
    estado de progresso
  9. 9
    motivo, pretexto
  10. 10
    parte em que se divide o verso metrificado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Em que pé anda aquela negociação que ficou a cargo dela? Isso é importante, faça um levantamento e ponha num relatório e me traga isso o mais rápido possível.

This word in other languages

foot(English)pie(Español)pied(Français)Fuß(Deutsch)

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 "pé"?
"pé" is spelled P-É. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɛ/.
What does "pé" mean?
As a noun, "pé" means: extremidade dos membros inferiores do corpo humano, responsável pelo equilíbrio
What words are commonly confused with "pé"?
"pé" is commonly confused with "PT", "pó", "pi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pé" is /ˈpɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pé" come from?
"pé" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list