Atem
/ˈaː.təm/
The verdict
“Atem” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,936 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,936
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - respiração, fôlego:
Corpus desk
Index PT-atem · Atem · Portuguese
Atem · rank #87,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,936
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH atinar
Nearest frequency peer: atinar (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Atem”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- arregimentar
arregimentar
12,075 corpus weight
- arrimo
arrimo
12,072 corpus weight
- Asphalt
Asphalt
12,068 corpus weight
- Atem
Atem
12,065 corpus weight
- atinar
atinar
12,063 corpus weight
- auta
auta
12,057 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Atem” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Atem |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaː.təm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Atem” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Atem is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,936 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈaː.təm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Atem, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Atem, spelled A-T-E-M.
Definition
- 1respiração, fôlego:
- 2bafo, hálito
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Atem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Atem des Schlafenden war kaum zu hören.
Synonyms
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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