criticismo
The verdict
“criticismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,428 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,428
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atitude crítica; exame
Corpus desk
Index PT-criticismo · criticismo · Portuguese
criticismo · rank #50,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,428
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH coto
Nearest frequency peer: coto (-4 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “criticismo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- coto
coto
49,577 corpus weight
- criticismo
criticismo
49,573 corpus weight
- cádmio
cádmio
49,568 corpus weight
- declamação
declamação
49,563 corpus weight
- delatar
delatar
49,559 corpus weight
- delimitado
delimitado
49,558 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “criticismo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criticismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “criticismo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
criticismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,428 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for criticismo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is criticismo, spelled C-R-I-T-I-C-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1atitude crítica; exame
- 2doutrina de Kant
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how criticismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«É importante adotar um criticismo construtivo em relação aos nossos próprios projetos para os melhorar.»
«O criticismo kantiano procura determinar os limites e as possibilidades da razão humana no processo do conhecimento.»
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); 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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