balsâmico
/baɫ.ˈsɐ.mi.ku/
The verdict
“balsâmico” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #86,182 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #86,182
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que tem as propriedades, especialmente o odor, do bálsamo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balsâmico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /baɫ.ˈsɐ.mi.ku/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “balsâmico” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for balsâmico is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /baɫ.ˈsɐ.mi.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #86,182 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que tem as propriedades, especialmente o odor, do bálsamo".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for balsâmico, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is balsâmico, spelled B-A-L-S-Â-M-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1que tem as propriedades, especialmente o odor, do bálsamo
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 “balsâmico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-A-L-S-Â-M-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /baɫ.ˈsɐ.mi.ku/ (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.