lene
The verdict
“lene” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,885 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,885
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - referido a aquilo que é leve, que é suave, brando, mole ao tacto, o que é agradável, doce, benévolo
Corpus desk
Index PT-lene · lene · Portuguese
lene · rank #74,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,885
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH lapidação
Nearest frequency peer: lapidação (-5 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 “lene”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- lampreia
lampreia
25,125 corpus weight
- lapidação
lapidação
25,121 corpus weight
- lene
lene
25,116 corpus weight
- luxuriante
luxuriante
25,106 corpus weight
- magricela
magricela
25,102 corpus weight
- malcriado
malcriado
25,101 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lene” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lene |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lene” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lene is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,885 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "referido a aquilo que é leve, que é suave, brando, mole ao tacto, o que é agradável, doce, benévolo".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lene, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lene, spelled L-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1referido a aquilo que é leve, que é suave, brando, mole ao tacto, o que é agradável, doce, benévolo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Com o seu falar lene apagou a ira."
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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