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 May 6, 2026) - tendo como forma de comunicação determinada

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

Where “por intermédio de” sits in Portuguese frequency

por intermédio de falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

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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Using “por intermédio de”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-R- -I-N-T-E-R-M-É-D-I-O- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list