mercantilismo

//mɨɾ.kɐ̃.ti.ˈliʒ.mu// noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#74,135

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

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mercantilismo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: propensão a sujeitar ou relacionar qualquer coisa ao interesse comercial, ao lucro, às vantagens financeiras Pronounced /mɨɾ.kɐ̃.ti.ˈliʒ.mu/.

Key facts for mercantilismo
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Headwordmercantilismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɨɾ.kɐ̃.ti.ˈliʒ.mu/
Letters13
Frequency rank#74,135
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mercantilismo is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɨɾ.kɐ̃.ti.ˈliʒ.mu/. Corpus data places it at rank #74,135 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for mercantilismo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 mercantilismo, spelled M-E-R-C-A-N-T-I-L-I-S-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    propensão a sujeitar ou relacionar qualquer coisa ao interesse comercial, ao lucro, às vantagens financeiras
  2. 2
    o caráter mercantil; o espírito de negociante; o gosto do comércio
  3. 3
    teoria e sistema de economia política, dominantes na Europa após o declínio do feudalismo, que, baseados no acúmulo de divisas em metais preciosos pelo Estado por meio de um comércio exterior de caráter protecionista, fortaleceram o colonialismo e proporcionaram o desenvolvimento industrial, com resultados lucrativos para as balanças comerciais

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Frequency rank: #74,135 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mercantilismo"?
"mercantilismo" is spelled M-E-R-C-A-N-T-I-L-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is /mɨɾ.kɐ̃.ti.ˈliʒ.mu/.
What does "mercantilismo" mean?
As a noun, "mercantilismo" means: propensão a sujeitar ou relacionar qualquer coisa ao interesse comercial, ao lucro, às vantagens financeiras
How do you pronounce "mercantilismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mercantilismo" is /mɨɾ.kɐ̃.ti.ˈliʒ.mu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.