ímpio

/ˈĩ.pju/

//ˈĩ.pju// adj

The verdict

“ímpio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,871 among 15 “Í” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,871
frequency rank, Portuguese
15
“Í” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que despreza a religião, não tem fé

Corpus desk

Index PT-impio · ímpio · Portuguese

ímpio · rank #58,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,871
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 15
  • PHOTO-FINISH acautelar

Nearest frequency peer: acautelar (+7 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 “ímpio”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ímpio
PropertyValue
Headwordímpio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈĩ.pju/
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,871
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ímpio” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “acautelar” (#58,878), “visado” (#58,855), “vastamente” (#58,850). Entre 15 lemas com “Í”, “ímpio” fica em #58,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ímpio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,871 among 15 “Í” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈĩ.pju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ímpio, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 ímpio, spelled Í-M-P-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que despreza a religião, não tem fé
  2. 2
    que caracteriza impiedade
  3. 3
    que não perdoa; inexorável, insensível
  4. 4
    que ofende a moral, a justiça, etc

Synonyms

heregeincréduloinfiel

Antonyms

crédulocrentefielpio

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 "ímpio"?
"ímpio" is spelled Í-M-P-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈĩ.pju/.
What does "ímpio" mean?
As an adjective, "ímpio" means: que despreza a religião, não tem fé
How do you pronounce "ímpio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ímpio" is /ˈĩ.pju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ímpio" come from?
"ímpio" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list