africanismo
/ɐ.fɾi.kɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/
The verdict
“africanismo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - termos ou expressões tomados ou derivados de qualquer língua africana
Corpus desk
Index PT-africanismo · africanismo · Portuguese
africanismo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | africanismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.fɾi.kɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “africanismo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
africanismo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.fɾi.kɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
africanismo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is africanismo, spelled A-F-R-I-C-A-N-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1termos ou expressões tomados ou derivados de qualquer língua africana
- 2os costumes ou o estudo de coisas que tenham ligação com a África
- 3o gosto pelas coisas da África
This word in other languages
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.