acidente

/ɐ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/

//ɐ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ// noun

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The verdict

“acidente” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,301
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade não essencial de uma coisa

Corpus desk

Index PT-acidente · acidente · Portuguese

acidente · rank #1,301 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,301
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aberto

Nearest frequency peer: aberto (-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 “acidente”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “acidente” 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).

acidente vs ardente
75% similar
acidente vs acidentes
89% similar
acidente vs acidental
78% similar

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

Key facts for acidente
PropertyValue
Headwordacidente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,301
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “acidente”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “aberto” (#1,300), “agência” (#1,302), “vice” (#1,298). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “acidente” fica em #1,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around acidente (IPA /ɐ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,301 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for acidente, with forms such as "accidente", "acdiente", and "aciddente". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ardente", "acidentes", "acidental", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is acidente, spelled A-C-I-D-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade não essencial de uma coisa
  2. 2
    acontecimento repentino, fortuito e desagradável
  3. 3
    acontecimento de que veio a resultar qualquer prejuízo para pessoas ou coisas; contingência; peripécia; desastre
  4. 4
    irregularidade da superfície terrestre
  5. 5
    desmaio
  6. 6
    sinal indicativo de alteração do tom das notas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hoje, dez anos após sofrer um acidente vascular cerebral (AVC), ele não consegue falar.
  2. Sua última aparição pública foi em setembro, quando sofreu acidente de carro no bairro da Lapa.

Synonyms

percalço

This word in other languages

accident(English)accidente(Español)accident(Français)Unglück(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accidente
  • acdiente
  • aciddente
  • acidenet
  • acidennte
  • acidentte
  • acidetne
  • acidnete
  • aciednte
  • aicdente
  • caidente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acidente - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

accidente1acdiente2aciddente1acidenet2acidennte1acidentte1acidetne2acidnete2
Edit distance from "acidente"

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 "acidente"?
"acidente" is spelled A-C-I-D-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/.
What does "acidente" mean?
As a noun, "acidente" means: qualidade não essencial de uma coisa
What words are commonly confused with "acidente"?
"acidente" is commonly confused with "ardente", "acidentes", "acidental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acidente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acidente" is /ɐ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acidente" come from?
"acidente" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list