insolente
The verdict
“insolente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,613 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,613
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - insólito
Corpus desk
Index PT-insolente · insolente · Portuguese
insolente · rank #63,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,613
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH insane
Nearest frequency peer: insane (-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 “insolente”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- inanimado
inanimado
36,400 corpus weight
- incumprimen…
incumprimento
36,397 corpus weight
- indisciplin…
indisciplinado
36,395 corpus weight
- iniquidade
iniquidade
36,391 corpus weight
- insane
insane
36,389 corpus weight
- insolente
insolente
36,388 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “insolente” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insolente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “insolente” em português
Rare enough to double-check
insolente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,613 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for insolente, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is insolente, spelled I-N-S-O-L-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1insólito
- 2falto de respeito
- 3arrogante, orgulhoso, impertinente
- 4grosseiro nos gestos, nas palavras ou nas ações; malcriado
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insolente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
insolente em último grau
ar insolente
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.
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