impulsivo

//ĩ.puɫ.ˈsi.vu// adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,757

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

impulsivo is anPortugueseadj. It means: que age por impulsão, sem pensar nas consequências, podendo se arrepender mais tarde Pronounced /ĩ.puɫ.ˈsi.vu/. Often confused with impulso.

Key facts for impulsivo
PropertyValue
Headwordimpulsivo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ĩ.puɫ.ˈsi.vu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,757
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of impulsivo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for impulsivo is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.puɫ.ˈsi.vu/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,757 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que age por impulsão, sem pensar nas consequências, podendo se arrepender mais tarde".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for impulsivo, with forms such as "immpulsivo", "implusivo", and "imppulsivo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "impulso", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is impulsivo, spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-I-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que age por impulsão, sem pensar nas consequências, podendo se arrepender mais tarde

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immpulsivo,implusivo,imppulsivo,impulisvo,impullsivo,impulsiov,impulsivvo,impulssivo,impulsvio,impuslivo,imuplsivo,ipmulsivo,mipulsivo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for impulsivo

Misspelling Variants of "impulsivo"

immpulsivo10implusivo9imppulsivo10impulisvo9impullsivo10impulsiov9impulsivvo10impulssivo10
Misspelling Variants of "impulsivo"

Frequency rank: #34,757 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impulsivo"?
"impulsivo" is spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.puɫ.ˈsi.vu/.
What does "impulsivo" mean?
As an adj, "impulsivo" means: que age por impulsão, sem pensar nas consequências, podendo se arrepender mais tarde
What words are commonly confused with "impulsivo"?
"impulsivo" is commonly confused with "impulso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impulsivo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impulsivo" is /ĩ.puɫ.ˈsi.vu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impulsivo" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.