daltonismo

/daɫ.tu.ˈniʒ.mu/

//daɫ.tu.ˈniʒ.mu// noun

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The verdict

“daltonismo” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #78,625 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#78,625
frequency rank, Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - perturbação da percepção visual caracterizada pela incapacidade de diferenciar todas ou algumas cores, manifestando-se muitas vezes pela dificuldade em distinguir o verde do vermelho

Key facts for daltonismo
PropertyValue
Headworddaltonismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/daɫ.tu.ˈniʒ.mu/
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,625
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “daltonismo” 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). daltonismo lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for daltonismo is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /daɫ.tu.ˈniʒ.mu/. Corpus data places it at rank #78,625 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "perturbação da percepção visual caracterizada pela incapacidade de diferenciar todas ou algumas cores, manifestando-se muitas vezes pela dificuldade em distinguir o verde do vermelho".

No misspelling variants are generated for daltonismo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is daltonismo, spelled D-A-L-T-O-N-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    perturbação da percepção visual caracterizada pela incapacidade de diferenciar todas ou algumas cores, manifestando-se muitas vezes pela dificuldade em distinguir o verde do vermelho

Synonyms

discromopsiadiscromatopsia

This word in other languages

color blindness(English)daltonismo(Español)daltonisme(Français)Farbenfehlsichtigkeit(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 "daltonismo"?
"daltonismo" is spelled D-A-L-T-O-N-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is /daɫ.tu.ˈniʒ.mu/.
What does "daltonismo" mean?
As a noun, "daltonismo" means: perturbação da percepção visual caracterizada pela incapacidade de diferenciar todas ou algumas cores, manifestando-se muitas vezes pela dificuldade em distinguir o verde do vermelho
How do you pronounce "daltonismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daltonismo" is /daɫ.tu.ˈniʒ.mu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "daltonismo" come from?
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Using “daltonismo”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-A-L-T-O-N-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /daɫ.tu.ˈniʒ.mu/ (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.

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

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