peticionário

/pətisjuˈnarju/

//pətisjuˈnarju// noun

The verdict

“peticionário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,074 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,074
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que prepara uma petição

Corpus desk

Index PT-peticionario · peticionário · Portuguese

peticionário · rank #99,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,074
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pesci

Nearest frequency peer: Pesci (-2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “peticionário”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “peticionário” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for peticionário
PropertyValue
Headwordpeticionário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pətisjuˈnarju/
Letters12
Frequency rank#99,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “peticionário” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Pesci” (#99,072), “perdoável” (#99,065), “Polidoro” (#99,094). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “peticionário” fica em #99,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peticionário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,074 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pətisjuˈnarju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa que prepara uma petição".

peticionário doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is peticionário, spelled P-E-T-I-C-I-O-N-Á-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que prepara uma petição

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 "peticionário"?
"peticionário" is spelled P-E-T-I-C-I-O-N-Á-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pətisjuˈnarju/.
What does "peticionário" mean?
As a noun, "peticionário" means: pessoa que prepara uma petição
How do you pronounce "peticionário"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peticionário" is /pətisjuˈnarju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peticionário" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list