pincelada
/pĩ.sɨ.ˈla.dɐ/
The verdict
“pincelada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,082 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,082
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de passar o pincel numa superfície, para deixar tinta nesta superfície
Corpus desk
Index PT-pincelada · pincelada · Portuguese
pincelada · rank #63,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,082
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH piscada
Nearest frequency peer: piscada (+1 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 “pincelada”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pertinência
pertinência
36,934 corpus weight
- petroquímico
petroquímico
36,926 corpus weight
- pincelada
pincelada
36,919 corpus weight
- piscada
piscada
36,918 corpus weight
- poliedro
poliedro
36,910 corpus weight
- proper
proper
36,898 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pincelada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pincelada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pĩ.sɨ.ˈla.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pincelada” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pincelada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,082 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pĩ.sɨ.ˈla.dɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de passar o pincel numa superfície, para deixar tinta nesta superfície".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pincelada, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is pincelada, spelled P-I-N-C-E-L-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1ato de passar o pincel numa superfície, para deixar tinta nesta superfície
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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