inconsciente
/ĩ.kõ.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.kõ.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi] AFI: /ĩ.kõˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/ (coloquial)
The verdict
“inconsciente” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,637 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,637
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se daquilo que não possui consciência; que é desprovido de mecanismos de percepção do que ocorre tanto consigo mesmo quanto o que se passa à sua volta
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inconsciente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.kõ.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.kõ.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi] AFI: /ĩ.kõˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/ (coloquial) |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #8,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inconsciente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for inconsciente is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.kõ.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.kõ.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi] AFI: /ĩ.kõˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/ (coloquial). Corpus data places it at rank #8,637 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for inconsciente, with forms such as "icnonsciente", "incconsciente", and "incnosciente". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 inconsciente, spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1diz-se daquilo que não possui consciência; que é desprovido de mecanismos de percepção do que ocorre tanto consigo mesmo quanto o que se passa à sua volta
- 2que perdeu a consciência
- 3referente àquilo que não foi ponderado, que não tem responsabilidade
- 4que foi feito sem uso da razão ou da vontade
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Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: icnonsciente,incconsciente,incnosciente,inconcsiente,inconnsciente,inconscciente,inconsceinte,inconscienet,inconsciennte,inconscientte,inconscietne,inconscinete,inconsicente,inconssciente,incosnciente,innconsciente,inocnsciente,niconsciente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inconsciente - 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.
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.
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Using “inconsciente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.kõ.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.kõ.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi] AFI: /ĩ.kõˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/ (coloquial) (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.