silepse
The verdict
“silepse” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - figura de linguagem em que se realiza a concordância com a ideia e não com os termos expressos; pode ser de gênero, de número, e de pessoa:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | silepse |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “silepse” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
silepse is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "figura de linguagem em que se realiza a concordância com a ideia e não com os termos expressos; pode ser de gênero, de número, e de pessoa:".
silepse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is silepse, spelled S-I-L-E-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1figura de linguagem em que se realiza a concordância com a ideia e não com os termos expressos; pode ser de gênero, de número, e de pessoa:
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “silepse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-I-L-E-P-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.