pesquisa
/pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ/
The verdict
“pesquisa” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #774 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #774
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o processo de reunir ou investigar informações sobre um determinado assunto com a intenção de compreender tal assunto
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pesquisa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pesquisa” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pesquisa is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #774 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1o processo de reunir ou investigar informações sobre um determinado assunto com a intenção de compreender tal assunto
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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 “pesquisa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-S-Q-U-I-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɨʃ.ˈki.zɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pesquisar” - see the side-by-side comparison. pesquisa vs pesquisar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.