//ˈpɛ// noun

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#878

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

is aPortuguesenoun. It means: extremidade dos membros inferiores do corpo humano, responsável pelo equilíbrio Pronounced /ˈpɛ/. It ranks #878 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with PT and pó.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for is 2 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɛ/. Corpus data places it at rank #878 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is , spelled P-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #878 in Portuguese

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.