pesquisador
The verdict
“pesquisador” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,227 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,227
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquele que faz pesquisas
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 | pesquisador |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pesquisador” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pesquisador is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #6,227 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aquele que faz pesquisas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for pesquisador, with forms such as "epsquisador", "peqsuisador", and "pesqiusador". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pesquisar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is pesquisador, spelled P-E-S-Q-U-I-S-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1aquele que faz pesquisas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsquisador,peqsuisador,pesqiusador,pesqquisador,pesquiasdor,pesquisaddor,pesquisadorr,pesquisadro,pesquisaodr,pesquisdaor,pesquissador,pesqusiador,pessquisador,pesuqisador,ppesquisador,psequisador
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pesquisador - 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 “pesquisador”
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-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “pesquisar” - see the side-by-side comparison. pesquisador 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.