por intermédio de

phrase

The verdict

“por intermédio de” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tendo como forma de comunicação determinada

Corpus desk

Index PT-por-intermedio-de · por intermédio de · Portuguese

por intermédio de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for por intermédio de
PropertyValue
Headwordpor intermédio de
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “por intermédio de” em português

por intermédio deestá além das 100.000 formas mais frequentes do português, na cauda de léxico especializado ou pouco usado.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

por intermédio de is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for por intermédio de in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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. The correct Portuguese form is por intermédio de, spelled P-O-R- -I-N-T-E-R-M-É-D-I-O- -D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    tendo como forma de comunicação determinada
  2. 2
    tendo como forma de intermediação determinada

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Soube disso por intermédio de um bilhete que recebi na igreja de St. Patrick
  2. Aliás, esposa que conheceu por intermédio de um amigo da faculdade

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "por intermédio de"?
"por intermédio de" is spelled P-O-R- -I-N-T-E-R-M-É-D-I-O- -D-E.
What does "por intermédio de" mean?
As a phrase, "por intermédio de" means: tendo como forma de comunicação determinada
What language does "por intermédio de" come from?
"por intermédio de" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list