imprescindível

adj

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The verdict

“imprescindível” has 22 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,365
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
22
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não pode faltar

Corpus desk

Index PT-imprescindivel · imprescindível · Portuguese

imprescindível · rank #23,365 · 22 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,365
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH hurt

Nearest frequency peer: hurt (-3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “imprescindível”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “imprescindível” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imprescindível
PropertyValue
Headwordimprescindível
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Frequency rank#23,365
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “imprescindível”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “hurt” (#23,362), “incenso” (#23,368), “industry” (#23,370). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “imprescindível” fica em #23,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around imprescindível, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,365 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que não pode faltar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for imprescindível, with forms such as "immprescindível", "imperscindível", and "impprescindível". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with 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 imprescindível, spelled I-M-P-R-E-S-C-I-N-D-Í-V-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não pode faltar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O predomínio absoluto da ética é condição imprescindível para que o Brasil garanta a seus cidadãos a educação de qualidade a que eles têm direito.

Antonyms

prescindível

This word in other languages

indispensable(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immprescindível
  • imperscindível
  • impprescindível
  • imprecsindível
  • impresccindível
  • imprescidnível
  • imprescinddível
  • imprescindvíel
  • imprescindíevl
  • imprescindívell
  • imprescindívle
  • imprescindívvel
  • imprescinndível
  • imprescinídvel
  • imprescnidível
  • impresicndível
  • impresscindível
  • imprrescindível
  • imprsecindível
  • imrpescindível
  • ipmrescindível
  • miprescindível

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imprescindível - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

immprescindível1imperscindível2impprescindível1imprecsindível2impresccindível1imprescidnível2imprescinddível1imprescindvíel2
Edit distance from "imprescindível"

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 "imprescindível"?
"imprescindível" is spelled I-M-P-R-E-S-C-I-N-D-Í-V-E-L.
What does "imprescindível" mean?
As an adjective, "imprescindível" means: que não pode faltar
What are common misspellings of "imprescindível"?
Common misspellings include "immprescindível", "imperscindível", "impprescindível", "imprecsindível", "impresccindível". The correct spelling is "imprescindível".
What language does "imprescindível" come from?
"imprescindível" 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 "imprescindível", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prosseguimento#23,461bombardeamento#23,584desmembramento#23,637municipalidade#23,059

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

particularidade22 variantscompetitividade22 variantsinvariavelmente22 variantsinesperadamente22 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list