lent
\lɑ̃\
The verdict
“lent” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,956 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,956
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lento
Corpus desk
Index PT-lent · lent · Portuguese
lent · rank #68,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,956
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH kero
Nearest frequency peer: kero (-15 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 “lent”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- impecavelme…
impecavelmente
31,094 corpus weight
- kero
kero
31,060 corpus weight
- lent
lent
31,045 corpus weight
- légua
légua
31,027 corpus weight
- mansidão
mansidão
31,020 corpus weight
- mosqueteiro
mosqueteiro
30,997 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lent” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lent |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lent” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lent is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,956 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lento".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lent, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is lent, spelled L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1lento
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.
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