nutriente
The verdict
“nutriente” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #52,908 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,908
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - substância nutriente, diz-se de aquela matéria, molécula, que assimilada por um organismo vivo vai fazer parte dele ou do seu metabolismo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nutriente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nutriente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for nutriente is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #52,908 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "substância nutriente, diz-se de aquela matéria, molécula, que assimilada por um organismo vivo vai fazer parte dele ou do seu metabolismo".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nutriente, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is nutriente, spelled N-U-T-R-I-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1substância nutriente, diz-se de aquela matéria, molécula, que assimilada por um organismo vivo vai fazer parte dele ou do seu metabolismo
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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Using “nutriente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-U-T-R-I-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.