afrontamento

/ɐ.fɾõ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/

//ɐ.fɾõ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tu// noun

The verdict

“afrontamento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,937 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,937
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de afrontar; afronta

Corpus desk

Index PT-afrontamento · afrontamento · Portuguese

afrontamento · rank #80,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,937
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aeroplano

Nearest frequency peer: aeroplano (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “afrontamento”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for afrontamento
PropertyValue
Headwordafrontamento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.fɾõ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/
Letters12
Frequency rank#80,937
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “afrontamento” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).afrontamentocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “aeroplano” (#80,935), “adágio” (#80,934), “adutor” (#80,932). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “afrontamento” fica em #80,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

afrontamento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,937 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.fɾõ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for afrontamento in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is afrontamento, spelled A-F-R-O-N-T-A-M-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de afrontar; afronta
  2. 2
    mal-estar causado pela indigestão
  3. 3
    dificuldade para respirar; dispneia

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 "afrontamento"?
"afrontamento" is spelled A-F-R-O-N-T-A-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.fɾõ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/.
What does "afrontamento" mean?
As a noun, "afrontamento" means: ato ou efeito de afrontar; afronta
How do you pronounce "afrontamento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afrontamento" is /ɐ.fɾõ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/. 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 "afrontamento", 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