percurso
/pɨɾ.ˈkuɾ.su/
The verdict
“percurso” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,418
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - espaço percorrido
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 | percurso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɨɾ.ˈkuɾ.su/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “percurso” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around percurso (IPA /pɨɾ.ˈkuɾ.su/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,418 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for percurso, with forms such as "eprcurso", "pecrurso", and "perccurso". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "perverso", "percussão", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is percurso, spelled P-E-R-C-U-R-S-O.
Definition
- 1espaço percorrido
- 2caminho
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprcurso
- pecrurso
- perccurso
- percruso
- percuros
- percurrso
- percursso
- percusro
- perrcurso
- perucrso
- ppercurso
- precurso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of percurso - 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 “percurso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-R-C-U-R-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɨɾ.ˈkuɾ.su/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “perverso” - see the side-by-side comparison. percurso vs perverso
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.