ardente
/ɐɾ.ˈdẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“ardente” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,697
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caracterizado por sentimento intenso; fervente; ardoroso
Corpus desk
Index PT-ardente · ardente · Portuguese
ardente · rank #17,697 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,697
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH andas
Nearest frequency peer: andas (-3 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 “ardente”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- alas
alas
82,313 corpus weight
- alvará
alvará
82,312 corpus weight
- Amsterdam
Amsterdam
82,309 corpus weight
- andas
andas
82,307 corpus weight
- ardente
ardente
82,304 corpus weight
- att
att
82,300 corpus weight
What this shows “ardente” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | ardente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐɾ.ˈdẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “ardente”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ardente (IPA /ɐɾ.ˈdẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,697 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ardente, with forms such as "adrente", "arddente", and "ardenet". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "ausente", "assente", "atraente", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ardente, spelled A-R-D-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1caracterizado por sentimento intenso; fervente; ardoroso
- 2que queima; quente
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ardente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fagundes sentia um amor ardente pela jovem colega de trabalho.
O núcleo ardente de uma estrela é uma verdadeira fornalha atômica.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adrente
- arddente
- ardenet
- ardennte
- ardentte
- ardetne
- ardnete
- arednte
- arrdente
- radente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ardente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ardente", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).