penico
/pɨ.ˈni.ku/
The verdict
“penico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,734 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,734
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - recipiente com formato arredondado e fundo chato, mantido no quarto sob a cama e usado como vaso sanitário à noite
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | penico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɨ.ˈni.ku/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “penico” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
penico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,734 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɨ.ˈni.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "recipiente com formato arredondado e fundo chato, mantido no quarto sob a cama e usado como vaso sanitário à noite".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for penico, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is penico, spelled P-E-N-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1recipiente com formato arredondado e fundo chato, mantido no quarto sob a cama e usado como vaso sanitário à noite
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 “penico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-N-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɨ.ˈni.ku/ (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.