impuro

/ĩ.ˈpu.ɾu/

//ĩ.ˈpu.ɾu// adj

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The verdict

“impuro” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,064
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-impuro · impuro · Portuguese

impuro · rank #41,064 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,064
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH imunologia

Nearest frequency peer: imunologia (+2 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 “impuro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “impuro” 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).

impuro vs impor
67% similar
impuro vs ímpar
50% similar
impuro vs ímpeto
50% similar

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

Key facts for impuro
PropertyValue
Headwordimpuro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ĩ.ˈpu.ɾu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,064
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “impuro”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.impurocai 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 “imunologia” (#41,066), “incineração” (#41,070), “hui” (#41,055). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “impuro” fica em #41,064. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around impuro (IPA /ĩ.ˈpu.ɾu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,064 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for impuro, with forms such as "immpuro", "imppuro", and "impruo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "impor", "ímpar", "ímpeto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 impuro, spelled I-M-P-U-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não é puro
  2. 2
    que contém impureza
  3. 3
    contaminado
  4. 4
    lascivo
  5. 5
    culpado
  6. 6
    imundo

Synonyms

infectadolúbricosensualimpudicoimoralsórdidotorpemaculado

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpuro
  • imppuro
  • impruo
  • impuor
  • impurro
  • imupro
  • ipmuro
  • mipuro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impuro - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

immpuro1imppuro1impruo2impuor2impurro1imupro2ipmuro2mipuro2
Edit distance from "impuro"

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 "impuro"?
"impuro" is spelled I-M-P-U-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.ˈpu.ɾu/.
What does "impuro" mean?
As an adjective, "impuro" means: que não é puro
What words are commonly confused with "impuro"?
"impuro" is commonly confused with "impor", "ímpar", "ímpeto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impuro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impuro" is /ĩ.ˈpu.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impuro" come from?
"impuro" 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 "impuro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

herege#41,050haxixe#41,047filiar#41,026esteio#41,014

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

ampola8 variantsabdução8 variantsuretra8 variantsalisar8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list