agente
The verdict
“agente” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,834 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,834
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o que age
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “agente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for agente is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #1,834 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for agente, with forms such as "aegnte", "agenet", and "agennte". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "ante", "amante", "atento", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is agente, spelled A-G-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1o que age
- 2que representa outro em contrato, promoção ou negócio:
- 3membro de uma agência
- 4qualquer dos membros de uma força policial
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aegnte,agenet,agennte,agentte,agetne,aggente,agnete,gaente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “agente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-G-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “ante” - see the side-by-side comparison. agente vs ante
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.