abrandamento
/ɐ.bɾɐ̃.dɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/
The verdict
“abrandamento” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #51,932 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #51,932
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de abrandar; amolecimento
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abrandamento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.bɾɐ̃.dɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abrandamento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for abrandamento is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.bɾɐ̃.dɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,932 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ato ou efeito de abrandar; amolecimento".
abrandamento has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is abrandamento, spelled A-B-R-A-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de abrandar; amolecimento
Antonyms
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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Using “abrandamento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-B-R-A-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.bɾɐ̃.dɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.