endêmico

adj

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The verdict

“endêmico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,166 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,166
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - natural ou específico de um determinado povo ou lugar

Key facts for endêmico
PropertyValue
Headwordendêmico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,166
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “endêmico” 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). endêmico 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

endêmico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,166 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for endêmico in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is endêmico, spelled E-N-D-Ê-M-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    natural ou específico de um determinado povo ou lugar
  2. 2
    que pertence exclusivamente a um determinado lugar

This word in other languages

endemic(English)endémico(Español)endémique(Français)endemisch(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 "endêmico"?
"endêmico" is spelled E-N-D-Ê-M-I-C-O.
What does "endêmico" mean?
As an adjective, "endêmico" means: natural ou específico de um determinado povo ou lugar
What language does "endêmico" come from?
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Using “endêmico”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-N-D-Ê-M-I-C-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