été
The verdict
“été” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,189 among 14 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,189
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 14
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - particípio passado do verbo être; sido
Corpus desk
Index PT-ete · été · Portuguese
été · rank #54,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,189
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 14
- PHOTO-FINISH abaixado
Nearest frequency peer: abaixado (+4 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 “été”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Wicca
Wicca
45,817 corpus weight
- été
été
45,812 corpus weight
- abaixado
abaixado
45,808 corpus weight
- acrobata
acrobata
45,803 corpus weight
- aleitamento
aleitamento
45,796 corpus weight
- algazarra
algazarra
45,794 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “été” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “été” em português
Rare enough to double-check
été is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,189 among 14 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how été appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment tuer l'amant de sa femme / Quand on a été comme moi élevé / Dans les traditions?
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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