pélvis
/ˈpɛɫ.viʃ/
The verdict
“pélvis” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,077 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,077
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - denominação da cavidade óssea através da qual as pernas e a espinha estão conectadas à parte superior do corpo, abrigando também parte do aparelho genital e urinário, e do reto; pelve, bacia
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pélvis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛɫ.viʃ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pélvis” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pélvis is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,077 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɛɫ.viʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "denominação da cavidade óssea através da qual as pernas e a espinha estão conectadas à parte superior do corpo, abrigando também parte do aparelho genital e urinário, e do reto; pelve, bacia".
No misspelling variants are generated for pélvis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pélvis, spelled P-É-L-V-I-S.
Definition
- 1denominação da cavidade óssea através da qual as pernas e a espinha estão conectadas à parte superior do corpo, abrigando também parte do aparelho genital e urinário, e do reto; pelve, bacia
Synonyms
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 “pélvis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-É-L-V-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.