Pentecostes
/ˈpẽtɨˈkɔʃtɨʃ/
The verdict
“Pentecostes” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #35,279 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,279
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pentecostes |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpẽtɨˈkɔʃtɨʃ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #35,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pentecostes” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Pentecostes is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpẽtɨˈkɔʃtɨʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #35,279 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pentecostes, with forms such as "epntecostes", "penetcostes", and "penntecostes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Pentecostes, spelled P-E-N-T-E-C-O-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1festa 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
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epntecostes,penetcostes,penntecostes,pentceostes,penteccostes,pentecosets,pentecosstes,pentecostess,pentecostse,pentecosttes,pentecotses,pentecsotes,penteocstes,penttecostes,petnecostes,pnetecostes,ppentecostes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pentecostes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Pentecostes”
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-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpẽtɨˈkɔʃtɨʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.