pesada

adj

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The verdict

“pesada” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,943
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feminino do adjetivo pesado

Corpus desk

Index PT-pesada · pesada · Portuguese

pesada · rank #4,943 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,943
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pesquisar

Nearest frequency peer: pesquisar (+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 “pesada”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pesada” 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).

pesada vs pesar
67% similar
pesada vs pessoa
67% similar
pesada vs pesado
83% similar

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

Key facts for pesada
PropertyValue
Headwordpesada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,943
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pesada”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pesadacai 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 “pesquisar” (#4,944), “protagonista” (#4,946), “péssimo” (#4,947). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pesada” fica em #4,943. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pesada, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,943 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "feminino do adjetivo pesado".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pesada, with forms such as "peasda", "pesaad", and "pesadda". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "pesar", "pessoa", "pesado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 pesada, spelled P-E-S-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    feminino do adjetivo pesado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Na indústria pesada dos EUA - entre 1982 e 2002 - a produção de aço aumentou de 75 milhões para 102 milhões de toneladas, embora o número de operários metalúrgicos tenha caído de 290 mil para 74 mil. O grosso desses empregos não saiu do país, foi substituído por máquinas sofisticadas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • peasda
  • pesaad
  • pesadda
  • pesdaa
  • pessada
  • ppesada
  • pseada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

peasda2pesaad2pesadda1pesdaa2pessada1ppesada1pseada2
Edit distance from "pesada"

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 "pesada"?
"pesada" is spelled P-E-S-A-D-A.
What does "pesada" mean?
As an adjective, "pesada" means: feminino do adjetivo pesado
What words are commonly confused with "pesada"?
"pesada" is commonly confused with "pesar", "pessoa", "pesado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pesada" come from?
"pesada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pesada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quinze#4,949armada#4,974crença#4,892camada#4,882

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

notar7 variantslucro7 variantsgrito7 variantscolar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list