pomposo

//põ.ˈpo.zu// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,940

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

pomposo is anPortugueseadj. It means: suntuoso; de grande luxo ou gala Pronounced /põ.ˈpo.zu/.

Key facts for pomposo
PropertyValue
Headwordpomposo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/põ.ˈpo.zu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,940
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pomposo is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /põ.ˈpo.zu/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,940 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "suntuoso; de grande luxo ou gala".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for pomposo in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 pomposo, spelled P-O-M-P-O-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    suntuoso; de grande luxo ou gala

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,940 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pomposo"?
"pomposo" is spelled P-O-M-P-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /põ.ˈpo.zu/.
What does "pomposo" mean?
As an adj, "pomposo" means: suntuoso; de grande luxo ou gala
How do you pronounce "pomposo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pomposo" is /põ.ˈpo.zu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pomposo" come from?
"pomposo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.