pitaco

/pi.ˈta.ku/

//pi.ˈta.ku// noun

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The verdict

“pitaco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,561 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,561
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - palpite nem sempre fidedigno

Corpus desk

Index PT-pitaco · pitaco · Portuguese

pitaco · rank #60,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,561
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pentelho

Nearest frequency peer: pentelho (-8 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 “pitaco”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pitaco” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pitaco
PropertyValue
Headwordpitaco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pi.ˈta.ku/
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,561
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pitaco” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pitacocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “pentelho” (#60,553), “pende” (#60,552), “preponderância” (#60,572). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pitaco” fica em #60,561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pitaco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,561 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pi.ˈta.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pitaco, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is pitaco, spelled P-I-T-A-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    palpite nem sempre fidedigno
  2. 2
    intromissão em conversa alheia

Synonyms

chutepiruada

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pitaco"?
"pitaco" is spelled P-I-T-A-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pi.ˈta.ku/.
What does "pitaco" mean?
As a noun, "pitaco" means: palpite nem sempre fidedigno
How do you pronounce "pitaco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pitaco" is /pi.ˈta.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pitaco" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pitaco", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

murcho#60,523Milene#60,511soalho#60,639talhar#60,660

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list