intercessor

noun

The verdict

“intercessor” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que intercede; medianeiro

Corpus desk

Index PT-intercessor · intercessor · Portuguese

intercessor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for intercessor
PropertyValue
Headwordintercessor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “intercessor” em português

intercessornão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intercessor is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aquele que intercede; medianeiro".

Zero misspellings are on record for intercessor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is intercessor, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-S-S-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que intercede; medianeiro

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tendo Zagallo por intercessor, os meias Flavio Conceição, do Real Madrid, e Zé Roberto, do Bayern de Munique, além do atacante Amoroso, do Borussia Dortmund, também devem ser chamados.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intercessor"?
"intercessor" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-S-S-O-R.
What does "intercessor" mean?
As a noun, "intercessor" means: aquele que intercede; medianeiro
What language does "intercessor" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list