PEM
The verdict
“PEM” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,152 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,152
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abreviatura de pulso eletromagnético
Corpus desk
Index PT-pem · PEM · Portuguese
PEM · rank #55,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,152
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pedonal
Nearest frequency peer: pedonal (-2 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “PEM”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ofertar
ofertar
44,862 corpus weight
- pedonal
pedonal
44,851 corpus weight
- PEM
PEM
44,849 corpus weight
- pipo
pipo
44,843 corpus weight
- pombinhos
pombinhos
44,837 corpus weight
- postulado
postulado
44,831 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “PEM” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PEM |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #55,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “PEM” em português
Rare enough to double-check
PEM is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,152 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for PEM, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is PEM, spelled P-E-M.
Definition
- 1abreviatura de pulso eletromagnético
- 2abreviatura de prescrição eletrónica de medicamentos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how PEM appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Uma arma que pode ser efetiva atualmente contra IAs é o PEM.
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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