peculato
/pɨ.ku.ˈla.tu/
The verdict
“peculato” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #31,913 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,913
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - desvio de bens ou valores públicos por aquele encarregado de guardá-los
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peculato |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɨ.ku.ˈla.tu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peculato” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for peculato is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨ.ku.ˈla.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #31,913 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "desvio de bens ou valores públicos por aquele encarregado de guardá-los".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for peculato, with forms such as "epculato", "pceulato", and "pecculato". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is peculato, spelled P-E-C-U-L-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1desvio de bens ou valores públicos por aquele encarregado de guardá-los
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epculato,pceulato,pecculato,pecluato,pecualto,peculaot,peculatto,pecullato,pecultao,peuclato,ppeculato
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peculato - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “peculato”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-C-U-L-A-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɨ.ku.ˈla.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.