cliente

//kli.ˈẽ.tɨ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,084

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

cliente is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pessoa protegida Pronounced /kli.ˈẽ.tɨ/. It ranks #2,084 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with clientela and cadente.

Key facts for cliente
PropertyValue
Headwordcliente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kli.ˈẽ.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,084
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cliente is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kli.ˈẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,084 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 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 cliente, with forms such as "ccliente", "cilente", and "cleinte". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "clientela", "cadente", "clemente", and more, 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 cliente, spelled C-L-I-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa protegida
  2. 2
    pessoa que confia a defesa de negócios seus a procurador ou advogado
  3. 3
    aquele que é tratado habitualmente por um médico
  4. 4
    pessoa que requer serviços mediante pagamento
  5. 5
    freguês; comprador
  6. 6
    pessoa que está comprando algo num estabelecimento comercial
  7. 7
    doente em relação ao médico

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccliente,cilente,cleinte,clienet,cliennte,clientte,clietne,clinete,clliente,lciente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cliente

Misspelling Variants of "cliente"

ccliente8cilente7cleinte7clienet7cliennte8clientte8clietne7clinete7
Misspelling Variants of "cliente"

Frequency rank: #2,084 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cliente"?
"cliente" is spelled C-L-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /kli.ˈẽ.tɨ/.
What does "cliente" mean?
As a noun, "cliente" means: pessoa protegida
What words are commonly confused with "cliente"?
"cliente" is commonly confused with "clientela", "cadente", "clemente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cliente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cliente" is /kli.ˈẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cliente" come from?
"cliente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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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.