été
The verdict
“été” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,189 among 88 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,189
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 88
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - particípio passado do verbo être; sido
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | été |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “été” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
été is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,189 among 88 “É” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "particípio passado do verbo être; sido".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for été, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 été, spelled É-T-É.
Definition
- 1particípio passado do verbo être; sido
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 “été”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is É-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.