puritanismo

/pu.ɾi.tɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/

//pu.ɾi.tɐ.ˈniʒ.mu// noun

The verdict

“puritanismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,166 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,166
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vertente radical do protestantismo que teve sua origem na Inglaterra posterior à Reforma

Corpus desk

Index PT-puritanismo · puritanismo · Portuguese

puritanismo · rank #84,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,166
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH purgar

Nearest frequency peer: purgar (-1 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 “puritanismo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “puritanismo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for puritanismo
PropertyValue
Headwordpuritanismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pu.ɾi.tɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/
Letters11
Frequency rank#84,166
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “puritanismo” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.puritanismocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “purgar” (#84,165), “pup” (#84,163), “quarentão” (#84,169). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “puritanismo” fica em #84,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

puritanismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,166 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pu.ɾi.tɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vertente radical do protestantismo que teve sua origem na Inglaterra posterior à Reforma".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for puritanismo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is puritanismo, spelled P-U-R-I-T-A-N-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    vertente radical do protestantismo que teve sua origem na Inglaterra posterior à Reforma

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how puritanismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. É possível entender essas tribulações levando-se em conta o puritanismo de uma época que ainda não recebera o banho de civilização dos anos 60.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puritanismo"?
"puritanismo" is spelled P-U-R-I-T-A-N-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pu.ɾi.tɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/.
What does "puritanismo" mean?
As a noun, "puritanismo" means: vertente radical do protestantismo que teve sua origem na Inglaterra posterior à Reforma
How do you pronounce "puritanismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puritanismo" is /pu.ɾi.tɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puritanismo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list