peculiar
/pɨ.ku.ˈljaɾ/
The verdict
“peculiar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,737
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a pecúlio
Corpus desk
Index PT-peculiar · peculiar · Portuguese
peculiar · rank #9,737 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,737
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pertencente
Nearest frequency peer: pertencente (+4 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 “peculiar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- negação
negação
90,273 corpus weight
- peculiar
peculiar
90,264 corpus weight
- pertencente
pertencente
90,260 corpus weight
- pirâmide
pirâmide
90,257 corpus weight
- please
please
90,256 corpus weight
- porrada
porrada
90,255 corpus weight
What this shows “peculiar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peculiar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɨ.ku.ˈljaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “peculiar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around peculiar (IPA /pɨ.ku.ˈljaɾ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,737 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for peculiar, with forms such as "epculiar", "pceuliar", and "pecculiar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is peculiar, spelled P-E-C-U-L-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1relativo a pecúlio
- 2que é atributo particular de uma pessoa ou coisa
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epculiar
- pceuliar
- pecculiar
- pecluiar
- pecuilar
- peculair
- peculiarr
- peculira
- peculliar
- peucliar
- ppeculiar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peculiar - 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.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).