pequi
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#48,056
in Portuguese word usage
Misspellings
6
tracked variants
Confusables
3
similar word pairs
pequi is aPortuguesenoun. It means: fruto da árvore Caryocar brasiliense, típica do cerrado brasileiro, casca verde e grossa, com polpa interna de coloração amarelo-escura e comestível (servida cozida, é roída) e de onde se extrai ól... Pronounced /peˈki/, /ˌpeˈki/, /piˈki/. Often confused with Peru and pique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pequi |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /peˈki/, /ˌpeˈki/, /piˈki/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pequi is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /peˈki/, /ˌpeˈki/, /piˈki/. Corpus data places it at rank #48,056 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pequi, with forms such as "epqui", "peqiu", and "peqqui". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Peru", "pique", "Pequim", 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 pequi, spelled P-E-Q-U-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1fruto da árvore Caryocar brasiliense, típica do cerrado brasileiro, casca verde e grossa, com polpa interna de coloração amarelo-escura e comestível (servida cozida, é roída) e de onde se extrai óleo, parte interna crivada de pequenos espinhos bastante agudos e com uma amêndoa também comestível em seu âmago, fazendo parte da culinária do norte mineiro, sertão baiano e dos estados da região Centro-Oeste onde é cozido puro, com pirão, ou em galinhada, no arroz, etc.
- 2a planta que dá pequi; o pequizeiro
- 3veja galinha-d'água¹
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epqui,peqiu,peqqui,peuqi,ppequi,pqeui
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pequi
Misspelling Variants of "pequi"
Frequency rank: #48,056 in Portuguese
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