purista
/pu.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
The verdict
“purista” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,878 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,878
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ao purismo
Corpus desk
Index PT-purista · purista · Portuguese
purista · rank #79,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,878
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH psicotécnico
Nearest frequency peer: psicotécnico (-3 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “purista”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- perpetuidade
perpetuidade
20,150 corpus weight
- proficiente
proficiente
20,131 corpus weight
- psicotécnico
psicotécnico
20,126 corpus weight
- purista
purista
20,123 corpus weight
- quadriênio
quadriênio
20,120 corpus weight
- rebobinar
rebobinar
20,107 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “purista” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | purista |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pu.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “purista” em português
Rare enough to double-check
purista is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,878 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pu.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo ao purismo".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for purista, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is purista, spelled P-U-R-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1relativo ao purismo
This word in other languages
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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