principiante
/pɾĩ.si.ˈpjɐ̃.tɨ/
The verdict
“principiante” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #46,514 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #46,514
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que principia ou começa
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | principiante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɾĩ.si.ˈpjɐ̃.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #46,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “principiante” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for principiante is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾĩ.si.ˈpjɐ̃.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #46,514 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que principia ou começa".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for principiante, with forms such as "pirncipiante", "pprincipiante", and "pricnipiante". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is principiante, spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-I-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1que principia ou começa
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pirncipiante,pprincipiante,pricnipiante,princcipiante,princiipante,principainte,principianet,principiannte,principiantte,principiatne,principinate,princippiante,princpiiante,prinicpiante,prinncipiante,prnicipiante,prrincipiante,rpincipiante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of principiante - 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 “principiante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-I-N-C-I-P-I-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾĩ.si.ˈpjɐ̃.tɨ/ (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.