mimetismo

/mi.mɨ.ˈtiʒ.mu/

//mi.mɨ.ˈtiʒ.mu// noun

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The verdict

“mimetismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,954 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,954
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - imitação

Corpus desk

Index PT-mimetismo · mimetismo · Portuguese

mimetismo · rank #95,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,954
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH miocardite

Nearest frequency peer: miocardite (+3 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “mimetismo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mimetismo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mimetismo
PropertyValue
Headwordmimetismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mi.mɨ.ˈtiʒ.mu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,954
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mimetismo” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).mimetismocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “miocardite” (#95,957), “misantropo” (#95,960), “mensageria” (#95,947). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mimetismo” fica em #95,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mimetismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,954 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mi.mɨ.ˈtiʒ.mu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

mimetismo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is mimetismo, spelled M-I-M-E-T-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    imitação
  2. 2
    adequação
  3. 3
    adaptação
  4. 4
    capacidade que têm certos animais de variar sua coloração e forma, de acordo com o meio em que se encontram

This word in other languages

mimicry(English)mimetismo(Español)mimétisme(Français)mimikry(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mimetismo"?
"mimetismo" is spelled M-I-M-E-T-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is /mi.mɨ.ˈtiʒ.mu/.
What does "mimetismo" mean?
As a noun, "mimetismo" means: imitação
How do you pronounce "mimetismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mimetismo" is /mi.mɨ.ˈtiʒ.mu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mimetismo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mimetismo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manjerona#95,928palatável#96,029escapavam#95,705dissensão#95,652

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list