porqueiro
The verdict
“porqueiro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa que cria ou cuida de porcos; suinocultor
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porqueiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porqueiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
porqueiro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa que cria ou cuida de porcos; suinocultor".
No misspelling variants are generated for porqueiro in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is porqueiro, spelled P-O-R-Q-U-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1pessoa que cria ou cuida de porcos; suinocultor
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “porqueiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-R-Q-U-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.