intelligent

/ɪn.tɛ.lɪ.'gɛnt/

//ɪn.tɛ.lɪ.'gɛnt// adj

The verdict

“intelligent” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,874 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,874
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inteligente

Corpus desk

Index PT-intelligent · intelligent · Portuguese

intelligent · rank #64,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,874
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH instrutivo

Nearest frequency peer: instrutivo (-2 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 “intelligent”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intelligent
PropertyValue
Headwordintelligent
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɪn.tɛ.lɪ.'gɛnt/
Letters11
Frequency rank#64,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “intelligent” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.intelligentcai 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: “instrutivo” (#64,872), “investigación” (#64,876), “jaguara” (#64,885). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “intelligent” fica em #64,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intelligent is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,874 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪn.tɛ.lɪ.'gɛnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "inteligente".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for intelligent, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is intelligent, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    inteligente

Synonyms

einsichtsvollkluglogischrationalvernünftigverständig

Antonyms

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 "intelligent"?
"intelligent" is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ɪn.tɛ.lɪ.'gɛnt/.
What does "intelligent" mean?
As an adjective, "intelligent" means: inteligente
How do you pronounce "intelligent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intelligent" is /ɪn.tɛ.lɪ.'gɛnt/. 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 "intelligent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list