impertinente
/ĩ.pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“impertinente” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #62,911 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #62,911
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estranho ao assunto, que não vem a propósito
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impertinente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #62,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impertinente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for impertinente is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #62,911 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
impertinente doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is impertinente, spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1estranho ao assunto, que não vem a propósito
- 2descabido
- 3enfadonho
- 4rabugento
- 5inconveniente
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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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Using “impertinente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/ (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.