perícia

/pɨ.ˈɾi.sjɐ/

//pɨ.ˈɾi.sjɐ// noun

The verdict

“perícia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,125
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - habilidade, arte, engenho, execução correta por meio de conhecimento

Corpus desk

Index PT-pericia · perícia · Portuguese

perícia · rank #12,125 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,125
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH percentual

Nearest frequency peer: percentual (-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 “perícia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “perícia” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

perícia vs peruca
71% similar
perícia vs polícia
71% similar
perícia vs perca
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for perícia
PropertyValue
Headwordperícia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨ.ˈɾi.sjɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,125
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “perícia”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).períciacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “percentual” (#12,124), “paro” (#12,123), “Piracicaba” (#12,127). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “perícia” fica em #12,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around perícia (IPA /pɨ.ˈɾi.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,125 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for perícia, with forms such as "eprícia", "percíia", and "perrícia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "peruca", "polícia", "perca", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is perícia, spelled P-E-R-Í-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    habilidade, arte, engenho, execução correta por meio de conhecimento
  2. 2
    vistoria técnica especializada
  3. 3
    conjunto de especialistas que realizam uma vistoria técnica

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Mas somente após a perícia poderemos dar mais detalhes", afirmou Santoro.
  2. Um inquérito será aberto e a perícia técnica da Polícia Civil deverá apontar as causas do acidente.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprícia
  • percíia
  • perrícia
  • perícai
  • períccia
  • períica
  • peírcia
  • pperícia
  • preícia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perícia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eprícia2percíia2perrícia1perícai2períccia1períica2peírcia2pperícia1
Edit distance from "perícia"

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 "perícia"?
"perícia" is spelled P-E-R-Í-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.ˈɾi.sjɐ/.
What does "perícia" mean?
As a noun, "perícia" means: habilidade, arte, engenho, execução correta por meio de conhecimento
What words are commonly confused with "perícia"?
"perícia" is commonly confused with "peruca", "polícia", "perca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perícia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perícia" is /pɨ.ˈɾi.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perícia" come from?
"perícia" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perícia", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list