adstringente

/ɐd.ʃtɾĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/

//ɐd.ʃtɾĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ// adj

The verdict

“adstringente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,453 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,453
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que adstringe

Corpus desk

Index PT-adstringente · adstringente · Portuguese

adstringente · rank #78,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,453
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aer

Nearest frequency peer: aer (+3 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “adstringente”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “adstringente” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adstringente
PropertyValue
Headwordadstringente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɐd.ʃtɾĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/
Letters12
Frequency rank#78,453
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “adstringente” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).adstringentecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “aer” (#78,456), “acurado” (#78,448), “agoniado” (#78,464). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “adstringente” fica em #78,453. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adstringente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,453 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐd.ʃtɾĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que adstringe".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adstringente, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is adstringente, spelled A-D-S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que adstringe

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 "adstringente"?
"adstringente" is spelled A-D-S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐd.ʃtɾĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/.
What does "adstringente" mean?
As an adjective, "adstringente" means: que adstringe
How do you pronounce "adstringente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adstringente" is /ɐd.ʃtɾĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list