secretismo
/se.kɾeˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
The verdict
“secretismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,662 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,662
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tendência de esconder informações ou evitar sua divulgação
Corpus desk
Index PT-secretismo · secretismo · Portuguese
secretismo · rank #54,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,662
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH senil
Nearest frequency peer: senil (+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 “secretismo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- rosquinha
rosquinha
45,351 corpus weight
- sanguessuga
sanguessuga
45,347 corpus weight
- satoshi
satoshi
45,344 corpus weight
- secretismo
secretismo
45,339 corpus weight
- senil
senil
45,338 corpus weight
- soleira
soleira
45,326 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “secretismo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | secretismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /se.kɾeˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “secretismo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
secretismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,662 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /se.kɾeˈt͡ʃiz.mu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for secretismo, 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is secretismo, spelled S-E-C-R-E-T-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1tendência de esconder informações ou evitar sua divulgação
- 2ação de manter sigilo em decisões, negociações ou atividades
- 3comportamento voltado à reserva e confidencialidade extrema
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how secretismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O secretismo nas reuniões estratégicas impedia que os funcionários soubessem dos próximos passos da empresa.
O governo adotou um secretismo incomum sobre o desenvolvimento da nova política pública.
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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