pirâmide
The verdict
“pirâmide” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,744 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,744
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - poliedro que tem por base um polígono e triângulos por faces laterais, que se unem no vértice
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pirâmide |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pirâmide” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pirâmide is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #9,744 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pirâmide, with forms such as "iprâmide", "pirmâide", and "pirrâmide". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 pirâmide, spelled P-I-R-Â-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1poliedro que tem por base um polígono e triângulos por faces laterais, que se unem no vértice
- 2construção com fins ritualísticos
- 3no Antigo Egito, tumba do faraó
- 4pirâmide financeira
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iprâmide,pirmâide,pirrâmide,pirâimde,pirâmdie,pirâmidde,pirâmied,pirâmmide,piârmide,ppirâmide,priâmide
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pirâmide - 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.
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 “pirâmide”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-I-R-Â-M-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.