pensar
/pẽ.ˈsaɾ/
The verdict
“pensar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #431
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - imaginar
Corpus desk
Index PT-pensar · pensar · Portuguese
pensar · rank #431 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #431
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH povo
Nearest frequency peer: povo (+1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pensar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- demais
demais
99,577 corpus weight
- eram
eram
99,576 corpus weight
- manhã
manhã
99,573 corpus weight
- pensar
pensar
99,570 corpus weight
- povo
povo
99,569 corpus weight
- merda
merda
99,565 corpus weight
What this shows “pensar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | pensar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pẽ.ˈsaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pensar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pensar (IPA /pẽ.ˈsaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #431 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pensar, with forms such as "epnsar", "penasr", and "pennsar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "penso", "persa", "pesar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pensar, spelled P-E-N-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1imaginar
- 2raciocinar
- 3refletir
- 4formar uma ideia
- 5aplicar curativo em alguém
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pensar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Nunca paramos para pensar num tema para fazer uma letra, sempre são coisas que surgem, que a gente vê acontecer", diz a cantora.
Afirmou, porém, que antes de cogitar o assunto o governo deveria “pensar efetivamente em fazer um debate com o Congresso e com a sociedade”.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epnsar
- penasr
- pennsar
- pensarr
- pensra
- penssar
- pesnar
- pnesar
- ppensar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pensar - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pensar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).