pentelho

noun

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The verdict

“pentelho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,553 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,553
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-pentelho · pentelho · Portuguese

pentelho · rank #60,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,553
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pende

Nearest frequency peer: pende (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “pentelho”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pentelho
PropertyValue
Headwordpentelho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,553
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pentelho” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).pentelhocai 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: “pende” (#60,552), “pitaco” (#60,561), “parietal” (#60,544). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pentelho” fica em #60,553. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pentelho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,553 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

pentelho has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is pentelho, spelled P-E-N-T-E-L-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pelo pubiano
  2. 2
    indivíduo chato, maçante

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Adorna hirsuto ríspido pentelho
  2. Pedro é um pentelho.

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 "pentelho"?
"pentelho" is spelled P-E-N-T-E-L-H-O.
What does "pentelho" mean?
As a noun, "pentelho" means: pelo pubiano
What language does "pentelho" come from?
"pentelho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parietal#60,544raspagem#60,591sobreiro#60,640inanição#60,427

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list