classicismo

noun

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The verdict

“classicismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,182 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,182
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - movimento artístico-literário que é inspirado nos ideais e modelos do Classicismo greco-romano e do Renascimento e que se desenvolveu ao longo do século XVIII e na primeira metade do século XIX

Key facts for classicismo
PropertyValue
Headwordclassicismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#76,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “classicismo” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). classicismo lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

classicismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,182 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "movimento artístico-literário que é inspirado nos ideais e modelos do Classicismo greco-romano e do Renascimento e que se desenvolveu ao longo do século XVIII e na primeira metade do século XIX".

Zero misspellings are on record for classicismo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is classicismo, spelled C-L-A-S-S-I-C-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    movimento artístico-literário que é inspirado nos ideais e modelos do Classicismo greco-romano e do Renascimento e que se desenvolveu ao longo do século XVIII e na primeira metade do século XIX

This word in other languages

classicism(English)clasicismo(Español)classicisme(Français)Klassizismus(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "classicismo"?
"classicismo" is spelled C-L-A-S-S-I-C-I-S-M-O.
What does "classicismo" mean?
As a noun, "classicismo" means: movimento artístico-literário que é inspirado nos ideais e modelos do Classicismo greco-romano e do Renascimento e que se desenvolveu ao longo do século XVIII e na primeira metade do século XIX
What language does "classicismo" come from?
"classicismo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “classicismo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-A-S-S-I-C-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list