indolente
/ĩ.du.ˈlẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“indolente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,598 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,598
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - preguiçoso, ocioso, inerte, apático, negligente
Corpus desk
Index PT-indolente · indolente · Portuguese
indolente · rank #58,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,598
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH infantilidade
Nearest frequency peer: infantilidade (+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 “indolente”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- hibernar
hibernar
41,430 corpus weight
- hidrologia
hidrologia
41,429 corpus weight
- iene
iene
41,415 corpus weight
- indolente
indolente
41,403 corpus weight
- infantilida…
infantilidade
41,402 corpus weight
- knee
knee
41,383 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “indolente” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indolente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.du.ˈlẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “indolente” em português
Rare enough to double-check
indolente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,598 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ĩ.du.ˈlẽ.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "preguiçoso, ocioso, inerte, apático, negligente".
No generated misspelling entries exist for indolente in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 indolente, spelled I-N-D-O-L-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1preguiçoso, ocioso, inerte, apático, negligente
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how indolente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O uso de drogas compromete a juventude e a faz abúlica, sem iniciativa, torna o homem um escravo indolente, mau pai, mau vizinho.
This word in other languages
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 "indolente"?
What does "indolente" mean?
How do you pronounce "indolente"?
What language does "indolente" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indolente", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).