Pentecoste

noun

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The verdict

“Pentecoste” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #84,977 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#84,977
frequency rank, Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - município brasileiro do estado do Ceará

Key facts for Pentecoste
PropertyValue
HeadwordPentecoste
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,977
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Pentecoste” 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). Pentecoste lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Pentecoste is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #84,977 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Pentecoste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is Pentecoste, spelled P-E-N-T-E-C-O-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    município brasileiro do estado do Ceará
  2. 2
    festa em que os cristãos celebram o sétimo domingo após a Páscoa (entre 10 de maio e 13 de junho), em memória da descida do Espírito Santo sobre os apóstolos

Synonyms

Domingo de Pentecostes

This word in other languages

Whitsunday(English)Pentecôte(Français)Pfingsten(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 "Pentecoste"?
"Pentecoste" is spelled P-E-N-T-E-C-O-S-T-E.
What does "Pentecoste" mean?
As a noun, "Pentecoste" means: município brasileiro do estado do Ceará
What language does "Pentecoste" come from?
"Pentecoste" 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 “Pentecoste”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-N-T-E-C-O-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list