leniência

noun

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The verdict

“leniência” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,054 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,054
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade de leniente

Corpus desk

Index PT-leniencia · leniência · Portuguese

leniência · rank #61,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,054
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH letrista

Nearest frequency peer: letrista (+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 “leniência”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for leniência
PropertyValue
Headwordleniência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “leniência” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.leniênciacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “letrista” (#61,056), “lhamas” (#61,057), “limo” (#61,061). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “leniência” fica em #61,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

leniência is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,054 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for leniência in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is leniência, spelled L-E-N-I-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade de leniente
  2. 2
    tolerância com o que é ilícito ou proibido; condescendência
  3. 3
    doçura, mansidão, condescendência

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how leniência appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nenhuma política desse tipo era possível quando os governos estaduais se endividavam sem controle e contavam com a leniência do Banco Central (BC) para manter seus bancos.

Synonyms

lenidade

This word in other languages

leniency(English)lénience(Français)

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 "leniência"?
"leniência" is spelled L-E-N-I-Ê-N-C-I-A.
What does "leniência" mean?
As a noun, "leniência" means: qualidade de leniente
What language does "leniência" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "leniência", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ludibriar#61,066inventivo#61,031navegante#61,113penitente#61,147

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list