parêntese
/pɐ.ˈɾẽ.tɨ.zɨ/
The verdict
“parêntese” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,316 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,316
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - palavra, expressão ou frase imposta num texto para adicionar informação sem afetar a estrutura sintática do período em que é inserido
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parêntese |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ.ˈɾẽ.tɨ.zɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parêntese” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parêntese is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,316 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐ.ˈɾẽ.tɨ.zɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for parêntese in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is parêntese, spelled P-A-R-Ê-N-T-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1palavra, expressão ou frase imposta num texto para adicionar informação sem afetar a estrutura sintática do período em que é inserido
- 2parêntesis; os caracteres "(" e ")"
This word in other languages
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 “parêntese”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-Ê-N-T-E-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐ.ˈɾẽ.tɨ.zɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.