pinga
/ˈpĩ.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“pinga” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,754. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,754
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de pessoa que não tem dinheiro
Corpus desk
Index PT-pinga · pinga · Portuguese
pinga · rank #24,754 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,754
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH precariedade
Nearest frequency peer: precariedade (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pinga”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- olive
olive
75,259 corpus weight
- OVA
OVA
75,256 corpus weight
- papão
papão
75,252 corpus weight
- pinga
pinga
75,247 corpus weight
- precariedade
precariedade
75,246 corpus weight
- precário
precário
75,244 corpus weight
What this shows “pinga” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pinga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpĩ.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pinga”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around pinga (IPA /ˈpĩ.ɡɐ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,754 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "diz-se de pessoa que não tem dinheiro".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pinga, with forms such as "ipnga", "pigna", and "pinag". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pipa", "pira", "piza", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is pinga, spelled P-I-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1diz-se de pessoa que não tem dinheiro
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipnga
- pigna
- pinag
- pingga
- pinnga
- pniga
- ppinga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pinga - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pinga", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).