pesquisador

noun

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The verdict

“pesquisador” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,227
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que faz pesquisas

Corpus desk

Index PT-pesquisador · pesquisador · Portuguese

pesquisador · rank #6,227 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,227
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH piedade

Nearest frequency peer: piedade (+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 “pesquisador”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pesquisador” 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).

pesquisador vs pesquisar
82% similar

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

Key facts for pesquisador
PropertyValue
Headwordpesquisador
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,227
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pesquisador”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).pesquisadorcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “piedade” (#6,228), “precisão” (#6,230), “organismo” (#6,220). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pesquisador” fica em #6,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around pesquisador, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,227 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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

  1. 1
    aquele que faz pesquisas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Segundo o pesquisador, as pessoas que vivem na localidade relutam em deixá-la.

This word in other languages

researcher(English)pesquisidor(Español)chercheur(Français)Forscher(Deutsch)

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.

epsquisador2peqsuisador2pesqiusador2pesqquisador1pesquiasdor2pesquisaddor1pesquisadorr1pesquisadro2
Edit distance from "pesquisador"

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 "pesquisador"?
"pesquisador" is spelled P-E-S-Q-U-I-S-A-D-O-R.
What does "pesquisador" mean?
As a noun, "pesquisador" means: aquele que faz pesquisas
What words are commonly confused with "pesquisador"?
"pesquisador" is commonly confused with "pesquisar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pesquisador" come from?
"pesquisador" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inauguração#6,195desaparecer#6,286manipulação#6,317obrigatório#6,325

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

concentrar16 variantsregulamento16 variantsproximidade16 variantscapitalismo16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list