pingos
/ˈpĩ.ɡus/
The verdict
“pingos” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,467. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,467
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de pingo
Corpus desk
Index PT-pingos · pingos · Portuguese
pingos · rank #37,467 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,467
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH picareta
Nearest frequency peer: picareta (-2 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 “pingos”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- penicilina
penicilina
62,539 corpus weight
- picareta
picareta
62,536 corpus weight
- pingos
pingos
62,534 corpus weight
- playback
playback
62,531 corpus weight
- poda
poda
62,530 corpus weight
- property
property
62,524 corpus weight
What this shows “pingos” 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 | pingos |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpĩ.ɡus/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pingos”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pingos (IPA /ˈpĩ.ɡus/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,467 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural de pingo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pingos, with forms such as "ipngos", "pignos", and "pinggos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "pinto", "pinho", "pontos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pingos, spelled P-I-N-G-O-S.
Definition
- 1plural de pingo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipngos
- pignos
- pinggos
- pingoss
- pingso
- pinngos
- pinogs
- pnigos
- ppingos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pingos - 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 "pingos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).