alentar
/ɐ.lẽ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“alentar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar alento a
Corpus desk
Index PT-alentar · alentar · Portuguese
alentar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alentar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.lẽ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alentar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alentar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.lẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for alentar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is alentar, spelled A-L-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1dar alento a
- 2encorajar
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.