pendência
The verdict
“pendência” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #43,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,079
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - algo que não foi concluído ou encerrado, que ficou pendente
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 | pendência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #43,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pendência” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around pendência, anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,079 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pendência, with forms such as "epndência", "pednência", and "penddência". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "prudência", "penitência", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pendência, spelled P-E-N-D-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1algo que não foi concluído ou encerrado, que ficou pendente
- 2assuntos a tratar; problemas ou questões a resolver
- 3disputa judicial entre duas ou mais partes
- 4inclinação, simpatia (por alguém)
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epndência
- pednência
- penddência
- pendnêcia
- pendêcnia
- pendêncai
- pendênccia
- pendênica
- pendênncia
- penndência
- penêdncia
- pnedência
- ppendência
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pendência - 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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Using “pendência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-N-D-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “prudência” - see the side-by-side comparison. pendência vs prudência
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.