mentalista

noun

The verdict

“mentalista” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,299 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,299
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - artista que utiliza técnicas de ilusionismo, psicologia e sugestão para simular poderes mentais extraordinários.

Corpus desk

Index PT-mentalista · mentalista · Portuguese

mentalista · rank #68,299 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,299
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH malabarista

Nearest frequency peer: malabarista (-13 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 “mentalista”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mentalista
PropertyValue
Headwordmentalista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#68,299
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mentalista” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).mentalistacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “malabarista” (#68,286), “madeireiro” (#68,284), “mufti” (#68,323). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mentalista” fica em #68,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mentalista is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,299 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

mentalista has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is mentalista, spelled M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    artista que utiliza técnicas de ilusionismo, psicologia e sugestão para simular poderes mentais extraordinários.
  2. 2
    pessoa com grande capacidade de observação e dedução.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «O mentalista impressionou a plateia ao adivinhar a carta escolhida.»
  2. «Ele é quase um mentalista, percebe detalhes que ninguém nota.»

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 "mentalista"?
"mentalista" is spelled M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-T-A.
What does "mentalista" mean?
As a noun, "mentalista" means: artista que utiliza técnicas de ilusionismo, psicologia e sugestão para simular poderes mentais extraordinários.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list