estrangeirismo
/iʃ.tɾɐ̃.ʒɐj.ˈɾiʒ.mu/
The verdict
“estrangeirismo” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - utilização de palavras, frases ou expressões de um idioma estrangeiro
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estrangeirismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.tɾɐ̃.ʒɐj.ˈɾiʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estrangeirismo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for estrangeirismo is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.tɾɐ̃.ʒɐj.ˈɾiʒ.mu/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for estrangeirismo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 estrangeirismo, spelled E-S-T-R-A-N-G-E-I-R-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1utilização de palavras, frases ou expressões de um idioma estrangeiro
- 2barbarismo
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-T-R-A-N-G-E-I-R-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /iʃ.tɾɐ̃.ʒɐj.ˈɾiʒ.mu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.