pessimismo

noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,142

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

pessimismo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: estado de espírito que se caracteriza por se ver as coisas sempre pelo lado ruim Often confused with pessimista.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pessimismo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pessimismo is 10 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #26,142 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for pessimismo, with forms such as "epssimismo", "pesimismo", and "pesismismo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is pessimismo, spelled P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epssimismo,pesimismo,pesismismo,pessiimsmo,pessimimso,pessimismmo,pessimisom,pessimissmo,pessimmismo,pessimsimo,pessmiismo,ppessimismo,psesimismo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pessimismo

Misspelling Variants of "pessimismo"

epssimismo10pesimismo9pesismismo10pessiimsmo10pessimimso10pessimismmo11pessimisom10pessimissmo11
Misspelling Variants of "pessimismo"

Frequency rank: #26,142 in Portuguese

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.