pesado

//pɨ.ˈza.du// adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,509

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

pesado is anPortugueseadj. It means: que pesa muito Pronounced /pɨ.ˈza.du/. It ranks #3,509 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with prado and pesar.

Key facts for pesado
PropertyValue
Headwordpesado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/pɨ.ˈza.du/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,509
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pesado is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨ.ˈza.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,509 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pesado, with forms such as "epsado", "peasdo", and "pesaddo". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "prado", "pesar", "pescado", and more, 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 pesado, spelled P-E-S-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que pesa muito
  2. 2
    que tem grande densidade
  3. 3
    intenso
  4. 4
    que faz uso muito recorrente e intenso

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epsado,peasdo,pesaddo,pesaod,pesdao,pessado,ppesado,pseado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pesado

Misspelling Variants of "pesado"

epsado6peasdo6pesaddo7pesaod6pesdao6pessado7ppesado7pseado6
Misspelling Variants of "pesado"

Frequency rank: #3,509 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pesado"?
"pesado" is spelled P-E-S-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.ˈza.du/.
What does "pesado" mean?
As an adj, "pesado" means: que pesa muito
What words are commonly confused with "pesado"?
"pesado" is commonly confused with "prado", "pesar", "pescado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pesado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pesado" is /pɨ.ˈza.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pesado" come from?
"pesado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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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.