perfumista

noun

The verdict

“perfumista” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #94,101 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#94,101
frequency rank, Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa que vende ou fabrica perfumes

Key facts for perfumista
PropertyValue
Headwordperfumista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,101
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “perfumista” 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). perfumista 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 perfumista is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #94,101 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pessoa que vende ou fabrica perfumes".

perfumista has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is perfumista, spelled P-E-R-F-U-M-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que vende ou fabrica perfumes

This word in other languages

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 "perfumista"?
"perfumista" is spelled P-E-R-F-U-M-I-S-T-A.
What does "perfumista" mean?
As a noun, "perfumista" means: pessoa que vende ou fabrica perfumes
What language does "perfumista" come from?
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Using “perfumista”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-R-F-U-M-I-S-T-A - 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