impulso

/ĩ.ˈpuɫ.su/

//ĩ.ˈpuɫ.su// noun

The verdict

“impulso” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,748
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desejo repentino de fazer algo (sem pensar nas consequências)

Corpus desk

Index PT-impulso · impulso · Portuguese

impulso · rank #5,748 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,748
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH infecção

Nearest frequency peer: infecção (+1 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 “impulso”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “impulso” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

impulso vs impuro
71% similar
impulso vs impulsivo
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “impulso”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).impulsocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “infecção” (#5,749), “happy” (#5,745), “guitarra” (#5,744). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “impulso” fica em #5,748. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around impulso (IPA /ĩ.ˈpuɫ.su/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,748 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for impulso, with forms such as "immpulso", "impluso", and "imppulso". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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 documented word history exists for this headword, 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 impulso, spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-O.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Passei pela vitrine e tive o impulso de comprar o sapato.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpulso
  • impluso
  • imppulso
  • impullso
  • impulos
  • impulsso
  • impuslo
  • imuplso
  • ipmulso
  • mipulso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impulso - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

immpulso1impluso2imppulso1impullso1impulos2impulsso1impuslo2imuplso2
Edit distance from "impulso"

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 "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list