percussionista

/pɨɾ.ku.sju.ˈniʃ.tɐ/

//pɨɾ.ku.sju.ˈniʃ.tɐ// noun

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The verdict

“percussionista” has 19 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,057
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que toca percussão numa banda

Corpus desk

Index PT-percussionista · percussionista · Portuguese

percussionista · rank #48,057 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,057
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pequi

Nearest frequency peer: pequi (-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 “percussionista”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “percussionista” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for percussionista
PropertyValue
Headwordpercussionista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨɾ.ku.sju.ˈniʃ.tɐ/
Letters14
Frequency rank#48,057
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “percussionista”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.percussionistacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pequi” (#48,056), “penhor” (#48,055), “petroleiro” (#48,062). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “percussionista” fica em #48,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around percussionista (IPA /pɨɾ.ku.sju.ˈniʃ.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,057 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pessoa que toca percussão numa banda".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for percussionista, with forms such as "eprcussionista", "pecrussionista", and "perccussionista". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is percussionista, spelled P-E-R-C-U-S-S-I-O-N-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que toca percussão numa banda

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how percussionista appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Além de trazer a canção executada por Oleives e pelo baterista e percussionista Arthur Rezende, há ainda uma entrevista com Arnaldo Antunes e seu novo parceiro.

This word in other languages

percussionist(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprcussionista
  • pecrussionista
  • perccussionista
  • percsusionista
  • percusionista
  • percusisonista
  • percussinoista
  • percussioinsta
  • percussionisat
  • percussionissta
  • percussionistta
  • percussionitsa
  • percussionnista
  • percussionsita
  • percussoinista
  • perrcussionista
  • perucssionista
  • ppercussionista
  • precussionista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of percussionista - 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.

eprcussionista2pecrussionista2perccussionista1percsusionista2percusionista1percusisonista2percussinoista2percussioinsta2
Edit distance from "percussionista"

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 "percussionista"?
"percussionista" is spelled P-E-R-C-U-S-S-I-O-N-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨɾ.ku.sju.ˈniʃ.tɐ/.
What does "percussionista" mean?
As a noun, "percussionista" means: pessoa que toca percussão numa banda
What are common misspellings of "percussionista"?
Common misspellings include "eprcussionista", "pecrussionista", "perccussionista", "percsusionista", "percusionista". The correct spelling is "percussionista".
How do you pronounce "percussionista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percussionista" is /pɨɾ.ku.sju.ˈniʃ.tɐ/. 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 "percussionista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

estratificação#47,880crescentemente#48,337bipartidarismo#48,789cirurgicamente#46,744

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

convalescença19 variantscriativamente19 variantsestreitamento19 variantsincontinência19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list