pingo

noun

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The verdict

“pingo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,885. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,885
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gota; gotejamento; goteira

Corpus desk

Index PT-pingo · pingo · Portuguese

pingo · rank #17,885 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,885
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pero

Nearest frequency peer: pero (-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 “pingo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pingo” 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).

pingo vs pio
60% similar
pingo vs piso
60% similar
pingo vs pito
60% similar

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

Key facts for pingo
PropertyValue
Headwordpingo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,885
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pingo”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.pingocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pero” (#17,884), “planetário” (#17,886), “peregrinação” (#17,882). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pingo” fica em #17,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pingo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,885 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pingo, with forms such as "ipngo", "pigno", and "pinggo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pio", "piso", "pito", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is pingo, spelled P-I-N-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    gota; gotejamento; goteira
  2. 2
    ponto que se coloca sobre a letra i e j
  3. 3
    aposta mínima do carteado que se é obrigado a fazer
  4. 4
    pequena porção de solda
  5. 5
    porção diminuta
  6. 6
    cavalo bonito e corredor
  7. 7
    gonorreia
  8. 8
    pingue, gordura do porco derretida, banha

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quero só um pingo de leite.

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipngo
  • pigno
  • pinggo
  • pinngo
  • pinog
  • pnigo
  • ppingo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pingo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ipngo2pigno2pinggo1pinngo1pinog2pnigo2ppingo1
Edit distance from "pingo"

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 "pingo"?
"pingo" is spelled P-I-N-G-O.
What does "pingo" mean?
As a noun, "pingo" means: gota; gotejamento; goteira
What words are commonly confused with "pingo"?
"pingo" is commonly confused with "pio", "piso", "pito". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pingo" come from?
"pingo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

prego#17,890ocean#17,873Qatar#17,899ruivo#17,909

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

model7 variantssejas7 variantsbasco7 variantscommon7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list