elitismo
/ɛliˈtiʒmu/ ou /eliˈtiʒmu/
The verdict
“elitismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,477 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,477
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sistema social que favorece as elites
Corpus desk
Index PT-elitismo · elitismo · Portuguese
elitismo · rank #58,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,477
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH ejeção
Nearest frequency peer: ejeção (-2 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 “elitismo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- duodeno
duodeno
41,535 corpus weight
- ejeção
ejeção
41,526 corpus weight
- elitismo
elitismo
41,524 corpus weight
- empilhadeira
empilhadeira
41,521 corpus weight
- empiricamen…
empiricamente
41,520 corpus weight
- entretido
entretido
41,515 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “elitismo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elitismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛliˈtiʒmu/ ou /eliˈtiʒmu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “elitismo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
elitismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,477 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛliˈtiʒmu/ ou /eliˈtiʒmu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sistema social que favorece as elites".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for elitismo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is elitismo, spelled E-L-I-T-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1sistema social que favorece as elites
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how elitismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avançamos mas deixamos de fazer mudanças fundamentais, temos um Estado antigo que ainda traz as marcas do atraso e do elitismo.
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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