pesquisa

/pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ/

//pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ// noun

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The verdict

“pesquisa” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #774. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#774
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o processo de reunir ou investigar informações sobre um determinado assunto com a intenção de compreender tal assunto

Corpus desk

Index PT-pesquisa · pesquisa · Portuguese

pesquisa · rank #774 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #774
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pequena

Nearest frequency peer: pequena (-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 “pesquisa”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pesquisa” 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).

pesquisa vs pesquisar
89% similar

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

Key facts for pesquisa
PropertyValue
Headwordpesquisa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#774
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pesquisa”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pesquisacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pequena” (#773), “mostra” (#772), “república” (#776). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pesquisa” fica em #774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around pesquisa (IPA /pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #774 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "o processo de reunir ou investigar informações sobre um determinado assunto com a intenção de compreender tal assunto".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pesquisa, with forms such as "epsquisa", "peqsuisa", and "pesqiusa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pesquisar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pesquisa, spelled P-E-S-Q-U-I-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    o processo de reunir ou investigar informações sobre um determinado assunto com a intenção de compreender tal assunto

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. No ensaio de 3.600 palavras publicado em seu site, a autora explicou em detalhes sua pesquisa e suas crenças quanto às questões transsexuais.

Synonyms

investigaçãoprocura

This word in other languages

research(English)pesquisa(Español)recherche(Français)Forschung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epsquisa
  • peqsuisa
  • pesqiusa
  • pesqquisa
  • pesquias
  • pesquissa
  • pesqusia
  • pessquisa
  • pesuqisa
  • ppesquisa
  • psequisa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pesquisa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epsquisa2peqsuisa2pesqiusa2pesqquisa1pesquias2pesquissa1pesqusia2pessquisa1
Edit distance from "pesquisa"

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 "pesquisa"?
"pesquisa" is spelled P-E-S-Q-U-I-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ/.
What does "pesquisa" mean?
As a noun, "pesquisa" means: o processo de reunir ou investigar informações sobre um determinado assunto com a intenção de compreender tal assunto
What words are commonly confused with "pesquisa"?
"pesquisa" is commonly confused with "pesquisar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pesquisa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pesquisa" is /pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pesquisa" come from?
"pesquisa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

exército11 variantsinteresse11 variantssimples11 variantsoriginal11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list