gentilmente
The verdict
“gentilmente” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #14,600 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #14,600
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de modo gentil
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gentilmente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #14,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gentilmente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for gentilmente is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #14,600 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de modo gentil".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for gentilmente, with forms such as "egntilmente", "genitlmente", and "genntilmente". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is gentilmente, spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1de modo gentil
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egntilmente,genitlmente,genntilmente,gentilemnte,gentillmente,gentilmenet,gentilmennte,gentilmentte,gentilmetne,gentilmmente,gentilmnete,gentimlente,gentlimente,genttilmente,getnilmente,ggentilmente,gnetilmente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gentilmente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “gentilmente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-N-T-I-L-M-E-N-T-E - 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.