gentle
/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/
The verdict
“gentle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #46,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,349
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gentil
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gentle |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #46,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gentle” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around gentle (IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,349 among 1,241 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gentle, with forms such as "egntle", "genlte", and "genntle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gene", "gente", "gentil", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is gentle, spelled G-E-N-T-L-E.
Definition
- 1gentil
- 2suave; leve
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egntle,genlte,genntle,gentel,gentlle,genttle,getnle,ggentle,gnetle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gentle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “gentle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-N-T-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gene” - see the side-by-side comparison. gentle vs gene
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.