pressentimento
/pɾɨ.sẽ.ti.ˈmẽ.tu/
The verdict
“pressentimento” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #28,336 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,336
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 14
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de pressentir
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pressentimento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾɨ.sẽ.ti.ˈmẽ.tu/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #28,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pressentimento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pressentimento is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾɨ.sẽ.ti.ˈmẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,336 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ato ou efeito de pressentir".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for pressentimento, with forms such as "perssentimento", "ppressentimento", and "presentimento". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pressentimento, spelled P-R-E-S-S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de pressentir
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: perssentimento,ppressentimento,presentimento,presesntimento,pressenitmento,pressenntimento,pressentiemnto,pressentimennto,pressentimenot,pressentimentto,pressentimetno,pressentimmento,pressentimneto,pressentmiento,pressenttimento,pressetnimento,pressnetimento,prressentimento,prsesentimento,rpessentimento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pressentimento - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “pressentimento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-S-S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾɨ.sẽ.ti.ˈmẽ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.