pídgin
The verdict
“pídgin” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - língua auxiliar franca que se forma da interação entre grupos de falantes que têm idiomas diferentes, possuinte de repertório muito básico e elementar de palavras e sem falante nativo
Corpus desk
Index PT-pidgin · pídgin · Portuguese
pídgin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pídgin |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pídgin” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pídgin is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "língua auxiliar franca que se forma da interação entre grupos de falantes que têm idiomas diferentes, possuinte de repertório muito básico e elementar de palavras e sem falante nativo".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pídgin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pídgin, spelled P-Í-D-G-I-N.
Definition
- 1língua auxiliar franca que se forma da interação entre grupos de falantes que têm idiomas diferentes, possuinte de repertório muito básico e elementar de palavras e sem falante nativo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pídgin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Existem várias mestiçagens linguísticas, como o pídgin e o crioulo.
e pídgin inglês.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.