piro
/ˈpi.rɔ/.
The verdict
“piro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,121 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,121
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pera
Corpus desk
Index PT-piro · piro · Portuguese
piro · rank #58,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,121
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH Pindorama
Nearest frequency peer: Pindorama (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “piro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pichar
pichar
41,884 corpus weight
- Pindorama
Pindorama
41,882 corpus weight
- piro
piro
41,880 corpus weight
- pontão
pontão
41,868 corpus weight
- predação
predação
41,866 corpus weight
- pretensamen…
pretensamente
41,863 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “piro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpi.rɔ/. |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “piro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
piro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,121 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpi.rɔ/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pera".
piro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 piro, spelled P-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1pera
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
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).