inconsistência
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.kõ.sisˈtẽ.sjɐ/
inconsistência is spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-I-S-T-Ê-N-C-I-A (14 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inconsistência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “inconsistency (state of being inconsistent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falta de consistência”.
What does inconsistência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinconsistency (state of being inconsistent)
- 2
feminineinconsistency (an inconsistent part or aspect of something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falta de consistência 2. falta de lógica, de firmeza
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of inconsistência
- inconsistências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inconsistência?
- Brazil /ĩ.kõ.sisˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- /ĩ.kõ.siʃˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ĩ.kõ.siʃˈtẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inconsistência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inconsistência in Portuguese?
inconsistência appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).