perspicácia
/pɨɾʃ.pi.ˈka.sjɐ/
The verdict
“perspicácia” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,405. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,405
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - capacidade de perceber claramente complexidades e sutilezas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perspicácia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɨɾʃ.pi.ˈka.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #34,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perspicácia” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around perspicácia (IPA /pɨɾʃ.pi.ˈka.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,405 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for perspicácia, with forms such as "eprspicácia", "perpsicácia", and "perrspicácia". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is perspicácia, spelled P-E-R-S-P-I-C-Á-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1capacidade de perceber claramente complexidades e sutilezas.
- 2qualidade de perspicaz.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprspicácia
- perpsicácia
- perrspicácia
- persipcácia
- perspciácia
- perspiccácia
- perspiccáia
- perspicácai
- perspicáccia
- perspicáica
- perspiáccia
- persppicácia
- persspicácia
- pesrpicácia
- pperspicácia
- prespicácia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perspicácia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “perspicácia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-R-S-P-I-C-Á-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɨɾʃ.pi.ˈka.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.