perigoso

//pɨ.ɾi.ˈɡo.zu// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,634

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

perigoso is anPortugueseadj. It means: arriscado Pronounced /pɨ.ɾi.ˈɡo.zu/. It ranks #3,634 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with período and perigo.

Key facts for perigoso
PropertyValue
Headwordperigoso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/pɨ.ɾi.ˈɡo.zu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,634
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of perigoso in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for perigoso is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨ.ɾi.ˈɡo.zu/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,634 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for perigoso, with forms such as "eprigoso", "peirgoso", and "pergioso". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "período", "perigo", 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 perigoso, spelled P-E-R-I-G-O-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    arriscado
  2. 2
    em que há perigo
  3. 3
    que corre perigo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprigoso,peirgoso,pergioso,periggoso,perigoos,perigosso,perigsoo,periogso,perrigoso,pperigoso,preigoso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perigoso

Misspelling Variants of "perigoso"

eprigoso8peirgoso8pergioso8periggoso9perigoos8perigosso9perigsoo8periogso8
Misspelling Variants of "perigoso"

Frequency rank: #3,634 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perigoso"?
"perigoso" is spelled P-E-R-I-G-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.ɾi.ˈɡo.zu/.
What does "perigoso" mean?
As an adj, "perigoso" means: arriscado
What words are commonly confused with "perigoso"?
"perigoso" is commonly confused with "período", "perigo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perigoso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perigoso" is /pɨ.ɾi.ˈɡo.zu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perigoso" come from?
"perigoso" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.