pensionista

noun

The verdict

“pensionista” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,065 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,065
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reformado

Corpus desk

Index PT-pensionista · pensionista · Portuguese

pensionista · rank #69,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,065
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH perceção

Nearest frequency peer: perceção (+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 “pensionista”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pensionista” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pensionista
PropertyValue
Headwordpensionista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#69,065
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pensionista” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pensionistacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “perceção” (#69,067), “penar” (#69,062), “pavimentar” (#69,059). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pensionista” fica em #69,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pensionista is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,065 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "reformado".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pensionista in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pensionista, spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    reformado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pensionista appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Como pensionista, ela usufrui agora de descontos em transportes públicos e eventos culturais.»

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pensionista"?
"pensionista" is spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N-I-S-T-A.
What does "pensionista" mean?
As a noun, "pensionista" means: reformado
What language does "pensionista" come from?
"pensionista" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pensionista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list