discente

/diʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/

//diʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ// adj

The verdict

“discente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,101 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,101
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a aluno

Corpus desk

Index PT-discente · discente · Portuguese

discente · rank #52,101 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,101
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH disenteria

Nearest frequency peer: disenteria (+1 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 “discente”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “discente” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for discente
PropertyValue
Headworddiscente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/diʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,101
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “discente” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).discentecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “disenteria” (#52,102), “destituir” (#52,095), “dissera” (#52,107). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “discente” fica em #52,101. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

discente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,101 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /diʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo a aluno".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for discente, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is discente, spelled D-I-S-C-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo a aluno

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how discente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Depois de destinar 45% de suas vagas para negros e índios oriundos da rede pública de ensino fundamental, a Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) agora pretende acabar definitivamente com os exames vestibulares, como forma de seleção de seu corpo discente.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "discente"?
"discente" is spelled D-I-S-C-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /diʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/.
What does "discente" mean?
As an adjective, "discente" means: relativo a aluno
How do you pronounce "discente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "discente" is /diʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "discente" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "discente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list