pigmento

/piˈɡ.mẽ.tu/

//piˈɡ.mẽ.tu// noun

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The verdict

“pigmento” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,674
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância que dá coloração a tecido animal ou vegetal

Corpus desk

Index PT-pigmento · pigmento · Portuguese

pigmento · rank #30,674 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,674
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH perspicaz

Nearest frequency peer: perspicaz (-3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pigmento”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pigmento” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pigmento vs pimenta
75% similar
pigmento vs piamente
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pigmento
PropertyValue
Headwordpigmento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/piˈɡ.mẽ.tu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,674
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pigmento”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pigmentocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “perspicaz” (#30,671), “podridão” (#30,678), “peralta” (#30,669). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pigmento” fica em #30,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around pigmento (IPA /piˈɡ.mẽ.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,674 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pigmento, with forms such as "ipgmento", "pgimento", and "pigemnto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pimenta", "piamente", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pigmento, spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    substância que dá coloração a tecido animal ou vegetal
  2. 2
    substância que dá coloração a uma tinta

This word in other languages

pigment(English)pigmento(Español)pigment(Français)Pigment(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipgmento
  • pgimento
  • pigemnto
  • piggmento
  • pigmennto
  • pigmenot
  • pigmentto
  • pigmetno
  • pigmmento
  • pigmneto
  • pimgento
  • ppigmento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pigmento - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ipgmento2pgimento2pigemnto2piggmento1pigmennto1pigmenot2pigmentto1pigmetno2
Edit distance from "pigmento"

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 "pigmento"?
"pigmento" is spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /piˈɡ.mẽ.tu/.
What does "pigmento" mean?
As a noun, "pigmento" means: substância que dá coloração a tecido animal ou vegetal
What words are commonly confused with "pigmento"?
"pigmento" is commonly confused with "pimenta", "piamente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pigmento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pigmento" is /piˈɡ.mẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pigmento" come from?
"pigmento" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

podridão#30,678misógino#30,640filósofa#30,557amnistia#30,814

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

midiático12 variantsmatadouro12 variantsjoalheria12 variantsimaculado12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list