été

verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for été
PropertyValue
Headwordété
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters3
Frequency rank#54,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “été” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.étécai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “abaixado” (#54,193), “Wicca” (#54,184), “acrobata” (#54,198). Entre 14 lemas com “É”, “été” fica em #54,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    particípio passado do verbo être; sido

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "été"?
"été" is spelled É-T-É.
What does "été" mean?
As a verb, "été" means: particípio passado do verbo être; sido
What language does "été" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list