indigente

/ĩ.di.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/

//ĩ.di.ˈʒẽ.tɨ// adj

The verdict

“indigente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,809 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,809
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que vive na indigência

Corpus desk

Index PT-indigente · indigente · Portuguese

indigente · rank #52,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,809
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH indistintamen…

Nearest frequency peer: indistintamente (+1 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 “indigente”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for indigente
PropertyValue
Headwordindigente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ĩ.di.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,809
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “indigente” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).indigentecai 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: “indistintamente” (#52,810), “imobilização” (#52,801), “intangível” (#52,819). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “indigente” fica em #52,809. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

indigente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,809 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ĩ.di.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que vive na indigência".

indigente has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is indigente, spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que vive na indigência

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 "indigente"?
"indigente" is spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.di.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/.
What does "indigente" mean?
As an adjective, "indigente" means: que vive na indigência
How do you pronounce "indigente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indigente" is /ĩ.di.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list