delinquente
/dɨ.lĩ.ˈkwẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“delinquente” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,040 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #27,040
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que delinquiu
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | delinquente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨ.lĩ.ˈkwẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #27,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “delinquente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for delinquente is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.lĩ.ˈkwẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,040 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que delinquiu".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for delinquente, with forms such as "ddelinquente", "deilnquente", and "delinnquente". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 delinquente, spelled D-E-L-I-N-Q-U-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1que delinquiu
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddelinquente,deilnquente,delinnquente,delinqeunte,delinqquente,delinquenet,delinquennte,delinquentte,delinquetne,delinqunete,delinuqente,deliqnuente,dellinquente,delniquente,dleinquente,edlinquente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of delinquente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “delinquente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-L-I-N-Q-U-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.lĩ.ˈkwẽ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.