batente
/bɐ.ˈtẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“batente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,359 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,359
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ombreira em que bate a porta ao fechar-se
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | batente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɐ.ˈtẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “batente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
batente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,359 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɐ.ˈtẽ.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for batente, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is batente, spelled B-A-T-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1ombreira em que bate a porta ao fechar-se
- 2meia porta em que bate a outra meia ao fechar-se
- 3aldrava
- 4lugar em que a maré bate e se quebra
- 5tabuado de pinho de duas polegadas de grossura
- 6régua ou fasquia com que se guarnece a extremidade interior de uma meia porta para se tapar a linha de junção com a outra meia porta
- 7trabalho diário, ocupação com que se ganha a vida
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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Using “batente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-A-T-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɐ.ˈtẽ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.