amante

/a.ˈmɐ̃.ʧi/

//a.ˈmɐ̃.ʧi// adj

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The verdict

“amante” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,368
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-amante · amante · Portuguese

amante · rank #4,368 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,368
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aposta

Nearest frequency peer: aposta (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “amante”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “amante” 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).

amante vs ante
67% similar
amante vs avant
67% similar
amante vs andante
71% similar

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

Key facts for amante
PropertyValue
Headwordamante
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/a.ˈmɐ̃.ʧi/
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,368
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “amante”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).amantecai 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 “aposta” (#4,370), “actual” (#4,365), “acessar” (#4,364). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “amante” fica em #4,368. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around amante (IPA /a.ˈmɐ̃.ʧi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,368 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amante, with forms such as "aamnte", "amanet", and "amannte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "ante", "avant", "andante", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is amante, spelled A-M-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que ama, amador
  2. 2
    apreciador
  3. 3
    diz-se de quem mantém relações fora de casamento, em concubinato; amásio, amigo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Era amante de grandes borgas, de dançar a noite toda.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamnte
  • amanet
  • amannte
  • amantte
  • amatne
  • ammante
  • amnate
  • maante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amante - 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.

aamnte2amanet2amannte1amantte1amatne2ammante1amnate2maante2
Edit distance from "amante"

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 "amante"?
"amante" is spelled A-M-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /a.ˈmɐ̃.ʧi/.
What does "amante" mean?
As an adjective, "amante" means: que ama, amador
What words are commonly confused with "amante"?
"amante" is commonly confused with "ante", "avant", "andante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amante" is /a.ˈmɐ̃.ʧi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amante" come from?
"amante" 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 "amante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aposta#4,370actual#4,365idioma#4,316Garcia#4,312

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

acessar8 variantsaranha8 variantsburaco8 variantsapagar8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list