pesagem

//pɨ.ˈza.ʒɐ̃j̃// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,183

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

pesagem is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato de determinar o peso, pesar Pronounced /pɨ.ˈza.ʒɐ̃j̃/. Often confused with postagem and paragem.

Key facts for pesagem
PropertyValue
Headwordpesagem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨ.ˈza.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,183
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pesagem is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨ.ˈza.ʒɐ̃j̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #41,183 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ato de determinar o peso, pesar".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for pesagem, with forms such as "epsagem", "peasgem", and "pesaegm". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "postagem", "paragem", "pelagem", 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 pesagem, spelled P-E-S-A-G-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de determinar o peso, pesar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epsagem,peasgem,pesaegm,pesagemm,pesaggem,pesagme,pesgaem,pessagem,ppesagem,pseagem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pesagem

Misspelling Variants of "pesagem"

epsagem7peasgem7pesaegm7pesagemm8pesaggem8pesagme7pesgaem7pessagem8
Misspelling Variants of "pesagem"

Frequency rank: #41,183 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pesagem"?
"pesagem" is spelled P-E-S-A-G-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.ˈza.ʒɐ̃j̃/.
What does "pesagem" mean?
As a noun, "pesagem" means: ato de determinar o peso, pesar
What words are commonly confused with "pesagem"?
"pesagem" is commonly confused with "postagem", "paragem", "pelagem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pesagem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pesagem" is /pɨ.ˈza.ʒɐ̃j̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pesagem" come from?
"pesagem" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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.