penso

//ˈpẽ.su// adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,253

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

penso is anPortugueseadj. It means: inclinado; pendido ou de mau jeito Pronounced /ˈpẽ.su/. It ranks #1,253 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with pes and piso.

Key facts for penso
PropertyValue
Headwordpenso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈpẽ.su/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,253
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of penso in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for penso is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpẽ.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,253 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "inclinado; pendido ou de mau jeito".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for penso, with forms such as "epnso", "pennso", and "penos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pes", "piso", "pero", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is penso, spelled P-E-N-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    inclinado; pendido ou de mau jeito

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epnso,pennso,penos,pensso,pesno,pneso,ppenso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for penso

Misspelling Variants of "penso"

epnso5pennso6penos5pensso6pesno5pneso5ppenso6
Misspelling Variants of "penso"

Frequency rank: #1,253 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "penso"?
"penso" is spelled P-E-N-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpẽ.su/.
What does "penso" mean?
As an adj, "penso" means: inclinado; pendido ou de mau jeito
What words are commonly confused with "penso"?
"penso" is commonly confused with "pes", "piso", "pero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "penso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "penso" is /ˈpẽ.su/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "penso" come from?
"penso" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.