-íssimo

suffix

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - exprime a ideia de superlativo

Corpus desk

Index PT-issimo · -íssimo · Portuguese

-íssimo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" 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 -íssimo
PropertyValue
Headword-íssimo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechSuffix
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Onde “-íssimo” fica na frequência do português

-íssimofica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

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

Rare enough to double-check

-íssimo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "exprime a ideia de superlativo".

Zero misspellings are on record for -íssimo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is -íssimo, spelled --Í-S-S-I-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    exprime a ideia de superlativo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Este produto está caríssimo.
  2. Você tem uma voz belíssima.

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 "-íssimo"?
"-íssimo" is spelled --Í-S-S-I-M-O.
What does "-íssimo" mean?
As a suffix, "-íssimo" means: exprime a ideia de superlativo
What language does "-íssimo" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list