kitten
/ˈkɪ.tən/
The verdict
“kitten” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #62,946 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,946
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - filhote de gato, gatinho
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kitten |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɪ.tən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kitten” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for kitten is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɪ.tən/. Corpus data places it at rank #62,946 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "filhote de gato, gatinho".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kitten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is kitten, spelled K-I-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1filhote de gato, gatinho
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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Using “kitten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is K-I-T-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.