percevejo

/pɨɾ.sɨ.ˈvɐj.ʒu/

//pɨɾ.sɨ.ˈvɐj.ʒu// noun

The verdict

“percevejo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,689 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,689
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inseto hemíptero parasita do homem

Corpus desk

Index PT-percevejo · percevejo · Portuguese

percevejo · rank #67,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,689
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pez

Nearest frequency peer: pez (+2 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 “percevejo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for percevejo
PropertyValue
Headwordpercevejo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨɾ.sɨ.ˈvɐj.ʒu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “percevejo” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.percevejocai 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: “pez” (#67,691), “plank” (#67,694), “plutónio” (#67,695). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “percevejo” fica em #67,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

percevejo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,689 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɨɾ.sɨ.ˈvɐj.ʒu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for percevejo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is percevejo, spelled P-E-R-C-E-V-E-J-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    inseto hemíptero parasita do homem
  2. 2
    pequeno prego de cabeça chata

Synonyms

percevelho

This word in other languages

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 "percevejo"?
"percevejo" is spelled P-E-R-C-E-V-E-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨɾ.sɨ.ˈvɐj.ʒu/.
What does "percevejo" mean?
As a noun, "percevejo" means: inseto hemíptero parasita do homem
How do you pronounce "percevejo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percevejo" is /pɨɾ.sɨ.ˈvɐj.ʒu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list