piá

/pi.ˈa/

//pi.ˈa// adj

The verdict

“piá” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,932 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,932
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de alguém que se comporta ou lembra um menino

Corpus desk

Index PT-pia · piá · Portuguese

piá · rank #56,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,932
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH planar

Nearest frequency peer: planar (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “piá”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for piá
PropertyValue
Headwordpiá
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/pi.ˈa/
Letters3
Frequency rank#56,932
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “piá” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.piácai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “planar” (#56,933), “pleasant” (#56,934), “porosidade” (#56,941). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “piá” fica em #56,932. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piá is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,932 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pi.ˈa/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    diz-se de alguém que se comporta ou lembra um menino
  2. 2
    criança do sexo masculino

Synonyms

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 "piá"?
"piá" is spelled P-I-Á. The IPA pronunciation is /pi.ˈa/.
What does "piá" mean?
As an adjective, "piá" means: diz-se de alguém que se comporta ou lembra um menino
How do you pronounce "piá"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piá" is /pi.ˈa/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piá" come from?
"piá" 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 "piá", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list