escrúpulo

/iʃ.ˈkɾu.pu.lu/

//iʃ.ˈkɾu.pu.lu// noun

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The verdict

“escrúpulo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,964 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,964
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estado de dúvida, em que a mente inquieta-se, hesitando acerca da bondade ou ruindade de alguma(s) ação(ões) promovidas pelo indivíduo

Corpus desk

Index PT-escrupulo · escrúpulo · Portuguese

escrúpulo · rank #70,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,964
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH entrementes

Nearest frequency peer: entrementes (-10 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 “escrúpulo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “escrúpulo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for escrúpulo
PropertyValue
Headwordescrúpulo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈkɾu.pu.lu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,964
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “escrúpulo” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).escrúpulocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “entrementes” (#70,954), “enrustido” (#70,951), “embebido” (#70,941). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “escrúpulo” fica em #70,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

escrúpulo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,964 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈkɾu.pu.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for escrúpulo 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is escrúpulo, spelled E-S-C-R-Ú-P-U-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    estado de dúvida, em que a mente inquieta-se, hesitando acerca da bondade ou ruindade de alguma(s) ação(ões) promovidas pelo indivíduo
  2. 2
    consideração ética ou moral que inibe uma ação
  3. 3
    muita atenção, zelo
  4. 4
    remorso

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how escrúpulo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Eu não tenho escrúpulos” — Rubens Recupero

Synonyms

meticulosidade

This word in other languages

scruple(English)escrúpulo(Español)scrupule(Français)Skrupel(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 "escrúpulo"?
"escrúpulo" is spelled E-S-C-R-Ú-P-U-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈkɾu.pu.lu/.
What does "escrúpulo" mean?
As a noun, "escrúpulo" means: estado de dúvida, em que a mente inquieta-se, hesitando acerca da bondade ou ruindade de alguma(s) ação(ões) promovidas pelo indivíduo
How do you pronounce "escrúpulo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escrúpulo" is /iʃ.ˈkɾu.pu.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escrúpulo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enrustido#70,951falcatrua#70,999claraboia#70,849Macedonia#71,134

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list