pecado

/pɨ.ˈka.du/

//pɨ.ˈka.du// noun

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The verdict

“pecado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,926
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transgressão de um preceito religioso

Corpus desk

Index PT-pecado · pecado · Portuguese

pecado · rank #3,926 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,926
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH parto

Nearest frequency peer: parto (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pecado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pecado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

pecado vs prado
67% similar
pecado vs peido
67% similar
pecado vs pecar
67% similar

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

Key facts for pecado
PropertyValue
Headwordpecado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨ.ˈka.du/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,926
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pecado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.pecadocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “parto” (#3,925), “perfeitamente” (#3,927), “Not” (#3,924). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pecado” fica em #3,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pecado (IPA /pɨ.ˈka.du/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,926 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pecado, with forms such as "epcado", "pceado", and "peacdo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "prado", "peido", "pecar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 pecado, spelled P-E-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    transgressão de um preceito religioso
  2. 2
    transgressão de qualquer preceito ou regra; culpa
  3. 3
    maldade; vício

This word in other languages

sin(English)pecado(Español)péché(Français)Sünde(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epcado
  • pceado
  • peacdo
  • pecaddo
  • pecaod
  • peccado
  • pecdao
  • ppecado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pecado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

epcado2pceado2peacdo2pecaddo1pecaod2peccado1pecdao2ppecado1
Edit distance from "pecado"

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 "pecado"?
"pecado" is spelled P-E-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.ˈka.du/.
What does "pecado" mean?
As a noun, "pecado" means: transgressão de um preceito religioso
What words are commonly confused with "pecado"?
"pecado" is commonly confused with "prado", "peido", "pecar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pecado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pecado" is /pɨ.ˈka.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pecado" come from?
"pecado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pecado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abraço#3,952abrigo#3,873frango#3,990pânico#3,857

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

assinar8 variantsauxílio8 variantsarrumar8 variantspainel8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list