pertinência

/pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ/

//pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ// noun

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The verdict

“pertinência” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,067 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,067
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade do que é pertinente, que se refere ao assunto em questão

Corpus desk

Index PT-pertinencia · pertinência · Portuguese

pertinência · rank #63,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,067
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH petroquímico

Nearest frequency peer: petroquímico (+8 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “pertinência”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pertinência” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pertinência
PropertyValue
Headwordpertinência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#63,067
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pertinência” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).pertinênciacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “petroquímico” (#63,075), “paládio” (#63,055), “pincelada” (#63,082). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pertinência” fica em #63,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pertinência is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,067 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

pertinência doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pertinência, spelled P-E-R-T-I-N-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade do que é pertinente, que se refere ao assunto em questão
  2. 2
    característica do que é concernente, apropriado e relevante
  3. 3
    elemento que pertence, ou não, ao conjunto; relação de pertinência

Antonyms

impertinência

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 "pertinência"?
"pertinência" is spelled P-E-R-T-I-N-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ/.
What does "pertinência" mean?
As a noun, "pertinência" means: qualidade do que é pertinente, que se refere ao assunto em questão
How do you pronounce "pertinência"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pertinência" is /pɨɾ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pertinência" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pertinência", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list