pusilânime
The verdict
“pusilânime” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem ânimo fraco; medroso, cobarde (ou covarde)
Corpus desk
Index PT-pusilanime · pusilânime · Portuguese
pusilânime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pusilânime |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pusilânime” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pusilânime is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem ânimo fraco; medroso, cobarde (ou covarde)".
No misspelling variants are generated for pusilânime in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pusilânime, spelled P-U-S-I-L-Â-N-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1que tem ânimo fraco; medroso, cobarde (ou covarde)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pusilânime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.