picanha
/pi.ˈkɐ.ɲɐ/
The verdict
“picanha” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #39,798. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,798
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que engaço, ancinho
Corpus desk
Index PT-picanha · picanha · Portuguese
picanha · rank #39,798 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,798
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pitch
Nearest frequency peer: pitch (+3 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “picanha”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- pança
pança
60,222 corpus weight
- patológico
patológico
60,217 corpus weight
- peculiarida…
peculiaridade
60,216 corpus weight
- penis
penis
60,213 corpus weight
- picanha
picanha
60,203 corpus weight
- pitch
pitch
60,200 corpus weight
What this shows “picanha” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | picanha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pi.ˈkɐ.ɲɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “picanha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around picanha (IPA /pi.ˈkɐ.ɲɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,798 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for picanha, with forms such as "ipcanha", "pcianha", and "piacnha". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "piranha", "picante", "pitanga", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is picanha, spelled P-I-C-A-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que engaço, ancinho
- 2parte posterior da região lombar de animal bovino
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how picanha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
COLEÇÃO: A LINGUAGEM FALADA CULTA NA CIDADE DO RECIFE
«..., um sapo dá centenas e são todos pretos que se espalham na água assim que nascem, perdendo o laço familiar, e quando comemos um bife não sabemos a origem, mas sabemos se é picanha ou filé e separamos um frango em coxas e peitos e, às vezes, olhamos às mulheres com um apetite guloso, as peças, uma coxa é uma coxa, um peito é grande, pequeno, redondo,…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipcanha
- pcianha
- piacnha
- picahna
- picanah
- picanhha
- picannha
- piccanha
- picnaha
- ppicanha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of picanha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "picanha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).