pessimismo

noun

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The verdict

“pessimismo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,142
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estado de espírito que se caracteriza por se ver as coisas sempre pelo lado ruim

Corpus desk

Index PT-pessimismo · pessimismo · Portuguese

pessimismo · rank #26,142 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #26,142
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH perspetiva

Nearest frequency peer: perspetiva (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pessimismo”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pessimismo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pessimismo vs pessimista
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pessimismo
PropertyValue
Headwordpessimismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#26,142
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pessimismo”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.pessimismocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “perspetiva” (#26,141), “picar” (#26,144), “pie” (#26,145). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pessimismo” fica em #26,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pessimismo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,142 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pessimismo, with forms such as "epssimismo", "pesimismo", and "pesismismo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pessimista", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pessimismo, spelled P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    estado de espírito que se caracteriza por se ver as coisas sempre pelo lado ruim
  2. 2
    caráter presente em algumas doutrinas éticas ou metafísicas que afirma que os aspectos negativos da existência superam os positivos

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pessimismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um papel que prometia uma dose de glamour muito necessária para os franceses, atormentados por conflitos sociais e pessimismo econômico.

Antonyms

otimismo

This word in other languages

pessimism(English)pesimismo(Español)pessimisme(Français)Pessimismus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epssimismo
  • pesimismo
  • pesismismo
  • pessiimsmo
  • pessimimso
  • pessimismmo
  • pessimisom
  • pessimissmo
  • pessimmismo
  • pessimsimo
  • pessmiismo
  • ppessimismo
  • psesimismo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pessimismo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epssimismo2pesimismo1pesismismo2pessiimsmo2pessimimso2pessimismmo1pessimisom2pessimissmo1
Edit distance from "pessimismo"

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 "pessimismo"?
"pessimismo" is spelled P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-M-O.
What does "pessimismo" mean?
As a noun, "pessimismo" means: estado de espírito que se caracteriza por se ver as coisas sempre pelo lado ruim
What words are commonly confused with "pessimismo"?
"pessimismo" is commonly confused with "pessimista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pessimismo" come from?
"pessimismo" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perspetiva#26,141seiscentos#26,195impensável#26,058escrutínio#26,006

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

panquecas13 variantsalarmante13 variantscognitivo13 variantsdestemido13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list