perfume
The verdict
“perfume” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #5,672 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,672
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aroma que emana de algo, por exemplo, dos corpos ou plantas e que geralmente é agradável
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perfume |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perfume” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for perfume is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #5,672 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for perfume, with forms such as "eprfume", "pefrume", and "perffume". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is perfume, spelled P-E-R-F-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1aroma que emana de algo, por exemplo, dos corpos ou plantas e que geralmente é agradável
- 2composição preparada combinando diferentes essências para se obter um odor desejado e específico
- 3suave
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eprfume,pefrume,perffume,perfmue,perfuem,perfumme,perrfume,perufme,pperfume,prefume
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perfume - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “perfume”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-R-F-U-M-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.