picão
singular: /pi.'koŋ/; plural: /pi.'kois/, /pi.'koŋs/ ou /pi.'kos/
The verdict
“picão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,456 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,456
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a falar de alimentos, que pica na boca
Corpus desk
Index PT-picao · picão · Portuguese
picão · rank #73,456 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,456
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH periscópio
Nearest frequency peer: periscópio (-6 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 “picão”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pars
pars
26,561 corpus weight
- pastoril
pastoril
26,559 corpus weight
- periscópio
periscópio
26,551 corpus weight
- picão
picão
26,545 corpus weight
- Pomerânia
Pomerânia
26,539 corpus weight
- possesso
possesso
26,535 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “picão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | singular: /pi.'koŋ/; plural: /pi.'kois/, /pi.'koŋs/ ou /pi.'kos/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “picão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
picão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,456 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed singular: /pi.'koŋ/; plural: /pi.'kois/, /pi.'koŋs/ ou /pi.'kos/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for picão in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 picão, spelled P-I-C-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1a falar de alimentos, que pica na boca
- 2que tem sabor ácido
- 3que tem a mandíbula ou beiço inferior proeminente
- 4a falar de uma pessoa que costuma fazer troça, que costuma picar, provocar, irritar
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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