penca
/ˈpẽ.kɐ/
The verdict
“penca” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #53,489 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,489
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conjunto de flores, frutas ou chaves
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | penca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpẽ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “penca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for penca is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpẽ.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,489 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for penca, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is penca, spelled P-E-N-C-A.
Definition
- 1conjunto de flores, frutas ou chaves
- 2grande quantidade
- 3nariz grande
- 4pênis
- 5pedaço de couro com o que o verdugo açoitava ao réu
- 6sarda, mancha pardacenta ou amarela na pele
- 7marca ou mancha na fruta ou fruto, por dano
- 8ramo de batata
- 9doença das plantas cultivadas que as faz morrer por zonas do plantio
- 10talo de couve-galega
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 “penca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-N-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpẽ.kɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.