pinguim
/pɪŋ.ˈgwĩ/
The verdict
“pinguim” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,674
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ave marinha da família Spheniscidae, de corpo fusiforme e asas atrofiadas (assim, incapazes de voar), sendo típica da Antárctida/Antártida e ilhas dos mares austrais
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 | pinguim |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɪŋ.ˈgwĩ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pinguim” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pinguim (IPA /pɪŋ.ˈgwĩ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,674 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ave marinha da família Spheniscidae, de corpo fusiforme e asas atrofiadas (assim, incapazes de voar), sendo típica da Antárctida/Antártida e ilhas dos mares austrais".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pinguim, with forms such as "ipnguim", "pignuim", and "pingguim". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pingue", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 pinguim, spelled P-I-N-G-U-I-M.
Definition
- 1ave marinha da família Spheniscidae, de corpo fusiforme e asas atrofiadas (assim, incapazes de voar), sendo típica da Antárctida/Antártida e ilhas dos mares austrais
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipnguim
- pignuim
- pingguim
- pingium
- pinguimm
- pingumi
- pinnguim
- pinugim
- pniguim
- ppinguim
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pinguim - 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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Using “pinguim”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-I-N-G-U-I-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɪŋ.ˈgwĩ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pingue” - see the side-by-side comparison. pinguim vs pingue
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.