hint
The verdict
“hint” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - toque (traço residual perceptível ao paladar, olfato ou à visão)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hint |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hint” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for hint is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hint, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 hint, spelled H-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1toque (traço residual perceptível ao paladar, olfato ou à visão)
- 2toque (traço de sabor ou cheiro característico intrínseco de um alimento ou produto)
- 3toque (informação útil)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hint”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.