policial

/pu.li.ˈsjaɫ/

//pu.li.ˈsjaɫ// adj

The verdict

“policial” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,320. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,320
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à polícia

Corpus desk

Index PT-policial · policial · Portuguese

policial · rank #1,320 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,320
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH peça

Nearest frequency peer: peça (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “policial”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “policial” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

policial vs political
78% similar
policial vs polícia
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for policial
PropertyValue
Headwordpolicial
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/pu.li.ˈsjaɫ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,320
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “policial”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.policialcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “peça” (#1,319), “rapidamente” (#1,322), “parabéns” (#1,317). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “policial” fica em #1,320. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around policial (IPA /pu.li.ˈsjaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,320 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relativo à polícia".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for policial, with forms such as "oplicial", "ploicial", and "poilcial". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "political", "polícia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is policial, spelled P-O-L-I-C-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à polícia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how policial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um membro da Ordem dos Parlamentares do Brasil (OPB), que afirma dar consultoria parlamentar, foi levado para o plantão do 27º Distrito Policial, do Campo Belo, na madrugada desta quinta-feira, 19, após se envolver em um acidente na esquina da Avenida Engenheiro Luís Carlos Berrini com a Rua Quintana, no Brooklin, zona sul de São Paulo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oplicial
  • ploicial
  • poilcial
  • polciial
  • policail
  • policcial
  • policiall
  • policila
  • poliical
  • pollicial
  • ppolicial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of policial - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oplicial2ploicial2poilcial2polciial2policail2policcial1policiall1policila2
Edit distance from "policial"

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 "policial"?
"policial" is spelled P-O-L-I-C-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /pu.li.ˈsjaɫ/.
What does "policial" mean?
As an adjective, "policial" means: relativo à polícia
What words are commonly confused with "policial"?
"policial" is commonly confused with "political", "polícia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "policial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "policial" is /pu.li.ˈsjaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "policial" come from?
"policial" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list