picar
/pi.ˈkaɾ/
The verdict
“picar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #26,144 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #26,144
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dar picadas em
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 | picar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pi.ˈkaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “picar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for picar is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pi.ˈkaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,144 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for picar, with forms such as "ipcar", "pciar", and "piacr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pior", "pico", "pipa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is picar, spelled P-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1dar picadas em
- 2dar bicadas a ave
- 3causar comichão a
- 4trabalhar com picão
- 5cortar algo em pedaços
- 6prender-se o peixe no anzol do engodo
- 7fazer a traça buraquinhos na roupa
- 8estimular
- 9provocar com palavras ou ações
- 10encontrar minas terrestres enterradas utilizando pica
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ipcar,pciar,piacr,picarr,piccar,picra,ppicar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of picar - 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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Using “picar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-I-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pi.ˈkaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pior” - see the side-by-side comparison. picar vs pior
- 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.