picas
The verdict
“picas” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,305 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,305
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - algo qualquer
Corpus desk
Index PT-picas · picas · Portuguese
picas · rank #56,305 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,305
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH perseverar
Nearest frequency peer: perseverar (-5 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 “picas”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- paquete
paquete
43,709 corpus weight
- paraquedismo
paraquedismo
43,707 corpus weight
- pataxó
pataxó
43,706 corpus weight
- perseverar
perseverar
43,701 corpus weight
- picas
picas
43,696 corpus weight
- pneumático
pneumático
43,689 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “picas” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “picas” em português
Rare enough to double-check
picas is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,305 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "algo qualquer".
picas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 picas, spelled P-I-C-A-S.
Definition
- 1algo qualquer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how picas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vampiro: romance
Olho para os meus dois concorrentes — um alto e muito magro, o outro baixo e muito gordo — e sorrio comigo mesmo: pela cara que fazem, não entendem picas do que está no teste.
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
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