pequeno
/pɨ.ˈke.nu/
The verdict
“pequeno” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #728. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #728
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ao tamanho reduzido de um ser vivo ou objeto
Corpus desk
Index PT-pequeno · pequeno · Portuguese
pequeno · rank #728 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #728
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH original
Nearest frequency peer: original (-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 “pequeno”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- original
original
99,274 corpus weight
- pequeno
pequeno
99,273 corpus weight
- simples
simples
99,272 corpus weight
- tive
tive
99,271 corpus weight
- versão
versão
99,270 corpus weight
- vitória
vitória
99,269 corpus weight
What this shows “pequeno” 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 | pequeno |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɨ.ˈke.nu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pequeno”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pequeno (IPA /pɨ.ˈke.nu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #728 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pequeno, with forms such as "epqueno", "peqeuno", and "peqqueno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "peruano", "pequena", "pequenino", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is pequeno, spelled P-E-Q-U-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1relativo ao tamanho reduzido de um ser vivo ou objeto
- 2de pouco valor; de pouca monta
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pequeno appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Era muito pequeno, não, mais, era pequenino, não mais ainda, era pequenininho demais.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epqueno
- peqeuno
- peqqueno
- pequenno
- pequeon
- pequneo
- peuqeno
- ppequeno
- pqeueno
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pequeno - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "pequeno", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).