picas

noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for picas
PropertyValue
Headwordpicas
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,305
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “picas” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).picascai 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: “perseverar” (#56,300), “pneumático” (#56,312), “pataxó” (#56,295). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “picas” fica em #56,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    algo qualquer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how picas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vampiro: romance
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "picas"?
"picas" is spelled P-I-C-A-S.
What does "picas" mean?
As a noun, "picas" means: algo qualquer
What language does "picas" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "picas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list