absent
/ˈæb.sənt/
The verdict
“absent” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ausente
Corpus desk
Index PT-absent · absent · Portuguese
absent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | absent |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈæb.sənt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “absent” em português
Rare enough to double-check
absent is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈæb.sənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ausente".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for absent, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is absent, spelled A-B-S-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1ausente
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