petiscar

/pɨ.tiʃ.ˈkaɾ/

//pɨ.tiʃ.ˈkaɾ// verb

The verdict

“petiscar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,796 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,796
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comer uma pequena quantidade para provar

Corpus desk

Index PT-petiscar · petiscar · Portuguese

petiscar · rank #75,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,796
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pens

Nearest frequency peer: pens (-5 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 “petiscar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for petiscar
PropertyValue
Headwordpetiscar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɨ.tiʃ.ˈkaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,796
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “petiscar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).petiscarcai 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: “pens” (#75,791), “poeticamente” (#75,805), “paia” (#75,778). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “petiscar” fica em #75,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

petiscar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,796 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɨ.tiʃ.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for petiscar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is petiscar, spelled P-E-T-I-S-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    comer uma pequena quantidade para provar
  2. 2
    saborear
  3. 3
    comer sem apetite
  4. 4
    saborear comida bem confeccionada
  5. 5
    conhecer superficialmente um assunto

Synonyms

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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 "petiscar"?
"petiscar" is spelled P-E-T-I-S-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.tiʃ.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "petiscar" mean?
As a verb, "petiscar" means: comer uma pequena quantidade para provar
How do you pronounce "petiscar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "petiscar" is /pɨ.tiʃ.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "petiscar" come from?
"petiscar" 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 "petiscar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list