limpo

adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,244

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

limpo is anPortugueseadj. It means: que não tem mancha ou sujidade It ranks #4,244 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with lip and lixo.

Key facts for limpo
PropertyValue
Headwordlimpo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,244
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of limpo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for limpo is 5 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #4,244 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for limpo, with forms such as "ilmpo", "limmpo", and "limop". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "lip", "lixo", "liso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is limpo, spelled L-I-M-P-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não tem mancha ou sujidade
  2. 2
    não misturado com outros elementos
  3. 3
    sem poluição, puro
  4. 4
    que habitualmente não estão sujos
  5. 5
    diz-se do papel sem nada escrito
  6. 6
    que tem poucas ou nenhuma correção; fácil de ler
  7. 7
    moralmente puro; inocente
  8. 8
    inocente, que não cometeu crime
  9. 9
    que não tem um histórico na polícia
  10. 10
    que não carrega drogas nem outros objetos ilícitos
  11. 11
    sem distrações visuais, sem ornamentações excessivas
  12. 12
    que sobra depois de se deduzir as despesas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilmpo,limmpo,limop,limppo,lipmo,llimpo,lmipo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for limpo

Misspelling Variants of "limpo"

ilmpo5limmpo6limop5limppo6lipmo5llimpo6lmipo5
Misspelling Variants of "limpo"

Frequency rank: #4,244 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "limpo"?
"limpo" is spelled L-I-M-P-O.
What does "limpo" mean?
As an adj, "limpo" means: que não tem mancha ou sujidade
What words are commonly confused with "limpo"?
"limpo" is commonly confused with "lip", "lixo", "liso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "limpo" come from?
"limpo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.