pistoleiro
The verdict
“pistoleiro” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,973. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,973
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - criminoso que possui uma arma de fogo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pistoleiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pistoleiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around pistoleiro, anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,973 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "criminoso que possui uma arma de fogo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for pistoleiro, with forms such as "ipstoleiro", "pisotleiro", and "pisstoleiro". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pistoleiro, spelled P-I-S-T-O-L-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1criminoso que possui uma arma de fogo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ipstoleiro,pisotleiro,pisstoleiro,pistloeiro,pistoeliro,pistoleior,pistoleirro,pistolerio,pistoliero,pistolleiro,pisttoleiro,pitsoleiro,ppistoleiro,psitoleiro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pistoleiro - 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 “pistoleiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-I-S-T-O-L-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.