acento

/ɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/

//ɐ.ˈsẽ.tu// noun

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The verdict

“acento” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,347
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sinal gráfico que altera o som de vogais

Corpus desk

Index PT-acento · acento · Portuguese

acento · rank #21,347 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,347
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH órfão

Nearest frequency peer: órfão (-2 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 “acento”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “acento” 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).

acento vs afeto
67% similar
acento vs aceso
67% similar
acento vs ameno
67% similar

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

Key facts for acento
PropertyValue
Headwordacento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,347
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “acento”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.acentocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “órfão” (#21,345), “óptico” (#21,344), “wo” (#21,341). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “acento” fica em #21,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around acento (IPA /ɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,347 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for acento, with forms such as "accento", "acennto", and "acenot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "afeto", "aceso", "ameno", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 acento, spelled A-C-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    sinal gráfico que altera o som de vogais
  2. 2
    ênfase, destaque, realce

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Colocar o acento sobre
  2. Com o acento em

This word in other languages

accent(English)acento(Español)accent(Français)Akzent(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accento
  • acennto
  • acenot
  • acentto
  • acetno
  • acneto
  • aecnto
  • caento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

accento1acennto1acenot2acentto1acetno2acneto2aecnto2caento2
Edit distance from "acento"

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 "acento"?
"acento" is spelled A-C-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/.
What does "acento" mean?
As a noun, "acento" means: sinal gráfico que altera o som de vogais
What words are commonly confused with "acento"?
"acento" is commonly confused with "afeto", "aceso", "ameno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acento" is /ɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acento" come from?
"acento" 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 "acento", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

óptico#21,344apache#21,360aturar#21,370Sunday#21,311

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

denota8 variantsdobrou8 variantsflexão8 variantsinibir8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list