piá
/pi.ˈa/
The verdict
“piá” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #56,932 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #56,932
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se de alguém que se comporta ou lembra um menino
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piá |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pi.ˈa/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #56,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “piá” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for piá is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pi.ˈa/. Corpus data places it at rank #56,932 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
piá has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is piá, spelled P-I-Á.
Definition
- 1diz-se de alguém que se comporta ou lembra um menino
- 2criança do sexo masculino
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 “piá”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-I-Á - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pi.ˈa/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.