dormente

//duɾ.ˈmẽ.tɨ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,568

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

dormente is anPortugueseadj. It means: que está dormido ou dormida, adormecido Pronounced /duɾ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. Often confused with doente and docente.

Key facts for dormente
PropertyValue
Headworddormente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/duɾ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,568
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for dormente is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /duɾ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,568 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que está dormido ou dormida, adormecido".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dormente, with forms such as "ddormente", "domrente", and "doremnte". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "doente", "docente", "demente", 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 dormente, spelled D-O-R-M-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
    que está dormido ou dormida, adormecido

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddormente,domrente,doremnte,dormenet,dormennte,dormentte,dormetne,dormmente,dormnete,dorrmente,dromente,odrmente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dormente

Misspelling Variants of "dormente"

ddormente9domrente8doremnte8dormenet8dormennte9dormentte9dormetne8dormmente9
Misspelling Variants of "dormente"

Frequency rank: #32,568 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dormente"?
"dormente" is spelled D-O-R-M-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /duɾ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/.
What does "dormente" mean?
As an adj, "dormente" means: que está dormido ou dormida, adormecido
What words are commonly confused with "dormente"?
"dormente" is commonly confused with "doente", "docente", "demente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dormente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dormente" is /duɾ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dormente" come from?
"dormente" 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

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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.