gentlemen
/ˈdʒɛnl̩.mɛn/; /ˈdʒɛnl̩.mən/; /ˈdʒɪnl̩.mɪn/
The verdict
“gentlemen” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,616 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,616
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de gentleman
Corpus desk
Index PT-gentlemen · gentlemen · Portuguese
gentlemen · rank #85,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,616
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gandula
Nearest frequency peer: gandula (-5 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 “gentlemen”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- finura
finura
14,412 corpus weight
- fraturar
fraturar
14,397 corpus weight
- gandula
gandula
14,390 corpus weight
- gentlemen
gentlemen
14,385 corpus weight
- gnosticismo
gnosticismo
14,376 corpus weight
- guisa
guisa
14,361 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gentlemen” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gentlemen |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʒɛnl̩.mɛn/; /ˈdʒɛnl̩.mən/; /ˈdʒɪnl̩.mɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gentlemen” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gentlemen is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,616 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdʒɛnl̩.mɛn/; /ˈdʒɛnl̩.mən/; /ˈdʒɪnl̩.mɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural de gentleman".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gentlemen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is gentlemen, spelled G-E-N-T-L-E-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1plural de gentleman
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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