aren't

contraction

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The verdict

“aren't” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,084 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a contraction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,084
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - contração de are not

Key facts for aren't
PropertyValue
Headwordaren't
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechContraction
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,084
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “aren't” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). aren't lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aren't is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,084 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as acontraction. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "contração de are not".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aren't, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is aren't, spelled A-R-E-N-'-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    contração de are not

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 "aren't"?
"aren't" is spelled A-R-E-N-'-T.
What does "aren't" mean?
As a contraction, "aren't" means: contração de are not
What language does "aren't" come from?
"aren't" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “aren't”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-R-E-N-'-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list