pecuária

//pe.kuˈa.ɾi.ɐ/ [pe.kʊˈa.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peˈkwa.ɾjɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,086

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

pecuária is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ramo da indústria agrícola que cuida do estudo, criação, melhoramento genético, práticas de manejo de animais (domésticos ou selvagens), e consequente produção e comercialização de subprodutos como... Pronounced /pe.kuˈa.ɾi.ɐ/ [pe.kʊˈa.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peˈkwa.ɾjɐ/. It ranks #9,086 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with penúria.

Key facts for pecuária
PropertyValue
Headwordpecuária
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pe.kuˈa.ɾi.ɐ/ [pe.kʊˈa.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peˈkwa.ɾjɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,086
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pecuária is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pe.kuˈa.ɾi.ɐ/ [pe.kʊˈa.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peˈkwa.ɾjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,086 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for pecuária, with forms such as "epcuária", "pceuária", and "peccuária". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "penúria", 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 pecuária, spelled P-E-C-U-Á-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ramo da indústria agrícola que cuida do estudo, criação, melhoramento genético, práticas de manejo de animais (domésticos ou selvagens), e consequente produção e comercialização de subprodutos como carne, couro, esterco, leite, ovos, penas, seda, etc., sendo considerada uma das formas da economia primária
  2. 2
    o conjunto daqueles que se ocupam dessa atividade

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epcuária,pceuária,peccuária,pecuráia,pecuáira,pecuárai,pecuárria,pecáuria,peucária,ppecuária

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pecuária

Misspelling Variants of "pecuária"

epcuária8pceuária8peccuária9pecuráia8pecuáira8pecuárai8pecuárria9pecáuria8
Misspelling Variants of "pecuária"

Frequency rank: #9,086 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pecuária"?
"pecuária" is spelled P-E-C-U-Á-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pe.kuˈa.ɾi.ɐ/ [pe.kʊˈa.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peˈkwa.ɾjɐ/.
What does "pecuária" mean?
As a noun, "pecuária" means: ramo da indústria agrícola que cuida do estudo, criação, melhoramento genético, práticas de manejo de animais (domésticos ou selvagens), e consequente produção e comercialização de subprodutos como...
What words are commonly confused with "pecuária"?
"pecuária" is commonly confused with "penúria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pecuária"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pecuária" is /pe.kuˈa.ɾi.ɐ/ [pe.kʊˈa.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peˈkwa.ɾjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pecuária" come from?
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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.