pequena
The verdict
“pequena” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #773 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #773
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - garota, moça
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 | pequena |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pequena” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pequena is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #773 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pequena, with forms such as "epquena", "peqeuna", and "peqquena". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pequeno", "paquera", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pequena, spelled P-E-Q-U-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1garota, moça
- 2namorada
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epquena,peqeuna,peqquena,pequean,pequenna,pequnea,peuqena,ppequena,pqeuena
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pequena - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “pequena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-Q-U-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “pequeno” - see the side-by-side comparison. pequena vs pequeno
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.