leniente

adj

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The verdict

“leniente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,215 among 1,251 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,215
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,251
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tolerante; em que há tolerância, condescendência

Key facts for leniente
PropertyValue
Headwordleniente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,215
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “leniente” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). leniente lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

leniente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,215 among 1,251 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for leniente, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is leniente, spelled L-E-N-I-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    tolerante; em que há tolerância, condescendência
  2. 2
    suave; que contém ou demonstra lenidade, suavidade
  3. 3
    que acalma

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 "leniente"?
"leniente" is spelled L-E-N-I-E-N-T-E.
What does "leniente" mean?
As an adjective, "leniente" means: tolerante; em que há tolerância, condescendência
What language does "leniente" come from?
"leniente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “leniente”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-E-N-I-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list