paternalismo

noun

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The verdict

“paternalismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,566 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,566
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sistema de relações sociais e trabalhistas, unidos por um conjunto de valores, doutrinas políticas e normas fundadas na valorização positiva da pessoa do patriarca

Key facts for paternalismo
PropertyValue
Headwordpaternalismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#87,566
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “paternalismo” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). paternalismo lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paternalismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,566 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for paternalismo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is paternalismo, spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-A-L-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    sistema de relações sociais e trabalhistas, unidos por um conjunto de valores, doutrinas políticas e normas fundadas na valorização positiva da pessoa do patriarca
  2. 2
    modalidade de autoritarismo, na qual uma pessoa exerce o poder sobre outra combinando decisões arbitrárias e inquestionáveis, com elementos sentimentais e concessões graciosas

This word in other languages

paternalism(English)paternalisme(Français)Paternalismus(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 "paternalismo"?
"paternalismo" is spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-A-L-I-S-M-O.
What does "paternalismo" mean?
As a noun, "paternalismo" means: sistema de relações sociais e trabalhistas, unidos por um conjunto de valores, doutrinas políticas e normas fundadas na valorização positiva da pessoa do patriarca
What language does "paternalismo" come from?
"paternalismo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “paternalismo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-T-E-R-N-A-L-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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