apocalipse
/ɐ.pɔ.ka.ˈli.psɨ/
The verdict
“apocalipse” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,728 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,728
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - discurso ou escrito proféticos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apocalipse |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.pɔ.ka.ˈli.psɨ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apocalipse” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for apocalipse is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.pɔ.ka.ˈli.psɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,728 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "discurso ou escrito proféticos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for apocalipse, with forms such as "aopcalipse", "apcoalipse", and "apoaclipse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is apocalipse, spelled A-P-O-C-A-L-I-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1discurso ou escrito proféticos
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aopcalipse,apcoalipse,apoaclipse,apocailpse,apocalipes,apocalippse,apocalipsse,apocalispe,apocallipse,apocalpise,apoccalipse,apoclaipse,appocalipse,paocalipse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apocalipse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “apocalipse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-P-O-C-A-L-I-P-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.pɔ.ka.ˈli.psɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.