empirismo

noun

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The verdict

“empirismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,084 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,084
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - doutrina segundo a qual todo conhecimento provém unicamente da experiência, limitando-se ao que pode ser captado do mundo externo, pelos sentidos, ou do mundo subjetivo, pela introspecção, sendo ge...

Key facts for empirismo
PropertyValue
Headwordempirismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,084
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “empirismo” 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). empirismo lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

empirismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,084 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for empirismo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 empirismo, spelled E-M-P-I-R-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    doutrina segundo a qual todo conhecimento provém unicamente da experiência, limitando-se ao que pode ser captado do mundo externo, pelos sentidos, ou do mundo subjetivo, pela introspecção, sendo geralmente descartadas as verdades reveladas e transcendentes do misticismo, ou apriorísticas e inatas do racionalismo
  2. 2
    atitude de quem se atém a conhecimentos práticos
  3. 3
    atitude de quem se atém a conhecimentos práticos
  4. 4
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) o mesmo que charlatanice

Synonyms

empiricismo

This word in other languages

empiricism(English)empirismo(Español)empirisme(Français)Empirismus(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 "empirismo"?
"empirismo" is spelled E-M-P-I-R-I-S-M-O.
What does "empirismo" mean?
As a noun, "empirismo" means: doutrina segundo a qual todo conhecimento provém unicamente da experiência, limitando-se ao que pode ser captado do mundo externo, pelos sentidos, ou do mundo subjetivo, pela introspecção, sendo ge...
What language does "empirismo" come from?
"empirismo" 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 “empirismo”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-M-P-I-R-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