pega
/ˈpɛ.gɐ/
The verdict
“pega” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,340. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,340
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designativo de cavalo malhado
Corpus desk
Index PT-pega · pega · Portuguese
pega · rank #2,340 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,340
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH peixe
Nearest frequency peer: peixe (+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 “pega”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- passe
passe
97,664 corpus weight
- passos
passos
97,663 corpus weight
- pega
pega
97,661 corpus weight
- peixe
peixe
97,660 corpus weight
- ponta
ponta
97,659 corpus weight
- portugueses
portugueses
97,658 corpus weight
What this shows “pega” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pega |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɛ.gɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pega”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around pega (IPA /ˈpɛ.gɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,340 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "designativo de cavalo malhado".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pega, with forms such as "epga", "peag", and "pegga". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "per", "pes", "puta", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pega, spelled P-E-G-A.
Definition
- 1designativo de cavalo malhado
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epga
- peag
- pegga
- pgea
- ppega
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pega - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pega", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).