pimento
/pi.ˈmẽ.tu/
The verdict
“pimento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,715 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,715
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o fruto do pimenteiro
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pimento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pi.ˈmẽ.tu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pimento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pimento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,715 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pi.ˈmẽ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pimento, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is pimento, spelled P-I-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1o fruto do pimenteiro
- 2o mesmo que pimenteiro
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.
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Using “pimento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-I-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pi.ˈmẽ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.