positivismo
The verdict
“positivismo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #37,969 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,969
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: conjunto de correntes da filosofia da ciência que se caracterizam sobretudo pelo cientificismo, pela forte recusa da metafísica e pelo empirismo, sendo-lhes próprio a ênfase do papel da verificação...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | positivismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pu.zi.ti.ˈviʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #37,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “positivismo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for positivismo is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pu.zi.ti.ˈviʒ.mu/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,969 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "conjunto de correntes da filosofia da ciência que se caracterizam sobretudo pelo cientificismo, pela forte recusa da metafísica e pelo empirismo, sendo-lhes próprio a ênfase do papel da verificação...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for positivismo, with forms such as "opsitivismo", "poistivismo", and "posiitvismo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "positivista", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 positivismo, spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-I-S-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1conjunto de correntes da filosofia da ciência que se caracterizam sobretudo pelo cientificismo, pela forte recusa da metafísica e pelo empirismo, sendo-lhes próprio a ênfase do papel da verificação e da observação na ciência e a rejeição da existência das entidades teóricas ou não observáveis
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opsitivismo,poistivismo,posiitvismo,positiivsmo,positivimso,positivismmo,positivisom,positivissmo,positivsimo,positivvismo,posittivismo,positviismo,possitivismo,postiivismo,ppositivismo,psoitivismo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of positivismo — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "positivismo"
Frequency rank: #37,969 in Portuguese
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Using “positivismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-S-I-T-I-V-I-S-M-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pu.zi.ti.ˈviʒ.mu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “positivista” — see the side-by-side comparison. positivismo vs positivista
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
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