parent
/paʁ/
The verdict
“parent” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,314 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,314
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pai ou mãe
Corpus desk
Index PT-parent · parent · Portuguese
parent · rank #82,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,314
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH parêntese
Nearest frequency peer: parêntese (+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 “parent”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Noël
Noël
17,712 corpus weight
- oceanógrafo
oceanógrafo
17,705 corpus weight
- ordenhar
ordenhar
17,699 corpus weight
- parent
parent
17,687 corpus weight
- parêntese
parêntese
17,685 corpus weight
- pelouro
pelouro
17,676 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “parent” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parent |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /paʁ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “parent” em português
Rare enough to double-check
parent is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,314 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /paʁ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pai ou mãe".
Zero misspellings are on record for parent in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is parent, spelled P-A-R-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1pai ou mãe
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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