sincretismo

noun

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The verdict

“sincretismo” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,042
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atitude respeitosa, conciliadora e/ou tolerante com relação à religiosidade alheia

Corpus desk

Index PT-sincretismo · sincretismo · Portuguese

sincretismo · rank #34,042 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,042
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH simba

Nearest frequency peer: simba (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “sincretismo”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “sincretismo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sincretismo vs sincronismo
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sincretismo
PropertyValue
Headwordsincretismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#34,042
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sincretismo”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).sincretismocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “simba” (#34,041), “siciliano” (#34,039), “submerso” (#34,052). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sincretismo” fica em #34,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around sincretismo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,042 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for sincretismo, with forms such as "isncretismo", "sicnretismo", and "sinccretismo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sincronismo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sincretismo, spelled S-I-N-C-R-E-T-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    atitude respeitosa, conciliadora e/ou tolerante com relação à religiosidade alheia
  2. 2
    fusão de diferentes cultos ou doutrinas religiosas, com reinterpretação de seus elementos
  3. 3
    síntese razoavelmente equilibrada de elementos díspares, originários de diferentes visões do mundo ou de doutrinas filosóficas distintas
  4. 4
    fusão de elementos culturais diversos, ou de culturas distintas ou de diferentes sistemas sociais
  5. 5
    identidade morfológica entre duas unidades linguísticas funcionalmente diferentes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Intuitiva e mediúnica, Clara Nunes era o sincretismo em pessoa: católica, kardecista e umbandista.

This word in other languages

syncretism(English)sincretismo(Español)syncrétisme(Français)Synkretismus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isncretismo
  • sicnretismo
  • sinccretismo
  • sincertismo
  • sincreitsmo
  • sincretimso
  • sincretismmo
  • sincretisom
  • sincretissmo
  • sincretsimo
  • sincrettismo
  • sincrretismo
  • sincrteismo
  • sinncretismo
  • sinrcetismo
  • snicretismo
  • ssincretismo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sincretismo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

isncretismo2sicnretismo2sinccretismo1sincertismo2sincreitsmo2sincretimso2sincretismmo1sincretisom2
Edit distance from "sincretismo"

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 "sincretismo"?
"sincretismo" is spelled S-I-N-C-R-E-T-I-S-M-O.
What does "sincretismo" mean?
As a noun, "sincretismo" means: atitude respeitosa, conciliadora e/ou tolerante com relação à religiosidade alheia
What words are commonly confused with "sincretismo"?
"sincretismo" is commonly confused with "sincronismo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sincretismo" come from?
"sincretismo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

reimpressão#34,014ramificação#34,005amabilidade#34,131metalúrgica#33,939

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

farmacologia17 variantsmeritocracia17 variantsseguidamente17 variantsconvocatória17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list