amor-próprio
The verdict
“amor-próprio” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sentimento de dignidade, estima ou respeito que cada qual tem por si mesmo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amor-próprio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amor-próprio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for amor-próprio is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
amor-próprio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is amor-próprio, spelled A-M-O-R---P-R-Ó-P-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1sentimento de dignidade, estima ou respeito que cada qual tem por si mesmo
- 2(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) admiração ou orgulho excessivo de si mesmo; vaidade, soberba, imodéstia
- 3em Pascal (1623-1662), sentimento egoísta oposto à modéstia e à benevolência, vinculado ao esquecimento de Deus pelo coração humano
- 4em Rousseau (1712-1778), afeto eticamente condenável, originado da concorrência e da competição inerentes ao convívio social, que sucede e degenera o estado primitivo e moral de um ser humano ainda não socializado
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 “amor-próprio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-M-O-R---P-R-Ó-P-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.