pimento

/pi.ˈmẽ.tu/

//pi.ˈmẽ.tu// noun

The verdict

“pimento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,715 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,715
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o fruto do pimenteiro

Corpus desk

Index PT-pimento · pimento · Portuguese

pimento · rank #58,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,715
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH Piemonte

Nearest frequency peer: Piemonte (-2 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 “pimento”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pimento
PropertyValue
Headwordpimento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pi.ˈmẽ.tu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,715
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pimento” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.pimentocai 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: “Piemonte” (#58,713), “piche” (#58,712), “peitinho” (#58,706). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pimento” fica em #58,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pimento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,715 among 1,578 “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

  1. 1
    o fruto do pimenteiro
  2. 2
    o 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pimento"?
"pimento" is spelled P-I-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pi.ˈmẽ.tu/.
What does "pimento" mean?
As a noun, "pimento" means: o fruto do pimenteiro
How do you pronounce "pimento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pimento" is /pi.ˈmẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pimento" come from?
"pimento" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list