peluche
/pe."lu.Si/
The verdict
“peluche” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #54,050 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,050
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tecido aveludado, feito de lã, seda ou material sintético, simulando pelos felpudos de um dos lados
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peluche |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pe."lu.Si/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peluche” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for peluche is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pe."lu.Si/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,050 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for peluche, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is peluche, spelled P-E-L-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1tecido aveludado, feito de lã, seda ou material sintético, simulando pelos felpudos de um dos lados
- 2boneco em formato de animal, feito desse tecido e enchido com algodão, fibra ou outro material
This word in other languages
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 “peluche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-L-U-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pe."lu.Si/ (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.