ambulante
The verdict
“ambulante” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #15,251 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #15,251
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: que diz respeito à ambulância, à errância;
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambulante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ̃.bu.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ambulante” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ambulante is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ̃.bu.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,251 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ambulante, with forms such as "abmulante", "ambbulante", and "ambluante". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is ambulante, spelled A-M-B-U-L-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1que diz respeito à ambulância, à errância;
- 2que não cria raízes, não tem residência fixa;
- 3que anda de terra em terra; que não tem estabelecimento:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abmulante,ambbulante,ambluante,ambualnte,ambulanet,ambulannte,ambulantte,ambulatne,ambullante,ambulnate,ammbulante,amublante,mabulante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ambulante — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "ambulante"
Frequency rank: #15,251 in Portuguese
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Using “ambulante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-M-B-U-L-A-N-T-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ̃.bu.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
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