impulso

//ĩ.ˈpuɫ.su// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,748

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

impulso is aPortuguesenoun. It means: desejo repentino de fazer algo (sem pensar nas consequências) Pronounced /ĩ.ˈpuɫ.su/. It ranks #5,748 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with impuro and impulsivo.

Key facts for impulso
PropertyValue
Headwordimpulso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩ.ˈpuɫ.su/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,748
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for impulso is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.ˈpuɫ.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,748 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for impulso, with forms such as "immpulso", "impluso", and "imppulso". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "impuro", "impulsivo", 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 impulso, spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    desejo repentino de fazer algo (sem pensar nas consequências)
  2. 2
    força ou estimulação repentina

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immpulso,impluso,imppulso,impullso,impulos,impulsso,impuslo,imuplso,ipmulso,mipulso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for impulso

Misspelling Variants of "impulso"

immpulso8impluso7imppulso8impullso8impulos7impulsso8impuslo7imuplso7
Misspelling Variants of "impulso"

Frequency rank: #5,748 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impulso"?
"impulso" is spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.ˈpuɫ.su/.
What does "impulso" mean?
As a noun, "impulso" means: desejo repentino de fazer algo (sem pensar nas consequências)
What words are commonly confused with "impulso"?
"impulso" is commonly confused with "impuro", "impulsivo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impulso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impulso" is /ĩ.ˈpuɫ.su/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impulso" come from?
"impulso" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.