pi
/ˈpi/
The verdict
“pi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,089) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,089
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a letra Π (minúscula: π) do alfabeto grego
Corpus desk
Index PT-pi · pi · Portuguese
pi · rank #9,089 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,089
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pesar
Nearest frequency peer: pesar (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “pi”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- pastoral
pastoral
90,916 corpus weight
- pecuária
pecuária
90,915 corpus weight
- pesar
pesar
90,913 corpus weight
- pi
pi
90,912 corpus weight
- poupar
poupar
90,911 corpus weight
- qui
qui
90,907 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “pi” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | pi |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpi/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #9,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “pi”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for pi is neighbouring look-alikes ("PT", "pó", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈpi/. Frequency #9,089 among 1,578 “P” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
pi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PT", "pó", "por", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pi, spelled P-I.
Definition
- 1a letra Π (minúscula: π) do alfabeto grego
- 2número irracional que é a razão entre o perímetro de um círculo e o seu diâmetro; aproximadamente, 3,1415926
This word in other languages
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.