parente

noun

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The verdict

“parente” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,979
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indivíduo que, em relação a outro, pertence à mesma família

Corpus desk

Index PT-parente · parente · Portuguese

parente · rank #5,979 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,979
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH parcialmente

Nearest frequency peer: parcialmente (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “parente”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “parente” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

parente vs parte
71% similar
parente vs pente
71% similar
parente vs perene
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for parente
PropertyValue
Headwordparente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,979
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “parente”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).parentecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “parcialmente” (#5,978), “passaporte” (#5,980), “Pequim” (#5,982). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “parente” fica em #5,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around parente, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,979 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parente, with forms such as "aprente", "paernte", and "parenet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "parte", "pente", "perene", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is parente, spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    indivíduo que, em relação a outro, pertence à mesma família
  2. 2
    denominação que um indígena dá a outro (como usado no Brasil)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mas investigações mostraram que a maioria das 103 crianças era do Chade e vivia com pelo menos um de seus pais ou algum outro parente adulto.

This word in other languages

relative(English)pariente(Español)parent(Français)Verwandte(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprente
  • paernte
  • parenet
  • parennte
  • parentte
  • paretne
  • parnete
  • parrente
  • pparente
  • praente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aprente2paernte2parenet2parennte1parentte1paretne2parnete2parrente1
Edit distance from "parente"

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 "parente"?
"parente" is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-E.
What does "parente" mean?
As a noun, "parente" means: indivíduo que, em relação a outro, pertence à mesma família
What words are commonly confused with "parente"?
"parente" is commonly confused with "parte", "pente", "perene". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "parente" come from?
"parente" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hungria#5,958estátua#5,944enganar#5,939bancada#6,032

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

colapso10 variantsapanhar10 variantsvolante10 variantsrebelde10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list