avental

//a.vẽˈtaw// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,435

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

avental is aPortuguesenoun. It means: peça de vestuário que cobre a parte da frente do corpo, é amarrada na cintura, e serve para proteger da sujeira a roupa que a pessoa está usando enquanto desempenha funções como cozinhar, pintar, s... Pronounced /a.vẽˈtaw/. Often confused with atentar.

Key facts for avental
PropertyValue
Headwordavental
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/a.vẽˈtaw/
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,435
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of avental in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for avental is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.vẽˈtaw/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,435 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for avental, with forms such as "aevntal", "avenatl", and "avenntal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "atentar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 avental, spelled A-V-E-N-T-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    peça de vestuário que cobre a parte da frente do corpo, é amarrada na cintura, e serve para proteger da sujeira a roupa que a pessoa está usando enquanto desempenha funções como cozinhar, pintar, soldar, etc.
  2. 2
    peça de vestuário similar à anterior que é usada apenas por diante da saia, por vezes como adorno
  3. 3
    proteção de couro ou material similar para quem viaja na dianteira de uma carruagem para proteger-se da lama
  4. 4
    espécie de guarda-pó usado por profissionais da saúde ou cientistas
  5. 5
    espécie de mandil que é posto em carneiros e bodes e que lhes impede a cópula
  6. 6
    peça de ferro da fornalha
  7. 7
    capote
  8. 8
    roupas que são dadas às empregadas domésticas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aevntal,avenatl,avenntal,aventall,aventla,aventtal,avetnal,avnetal,avvental,vaental

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for avental

Misspelling Variants of "avental"

aevntal7avenatl7avenntal8aventall8aventla7aventtal8avetnal7avnetal7
Misspelling Variants of "avental"

Frequency rank: #30,435 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avental"?
"avental" is spelled A-V-E-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /a.vẽˈtaw/.
What does "avental" mean?
As a noun, "avental" means: peça de vestuário que cobre a parte da frente do corpo, é amarrada na cintura, e serve para proteger da sujeira a roupa que a pessoa está usando enquanto desempenha funções como cozinhar, pintar, s...
What words are commonly confused with "avental"?
"avental" is commonly confused with "atentar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avental"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avental" is /a.vẽˈtaw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avental" come from?
"avental" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.