pensante
The verdict
“pensante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,490 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,490
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que é capaz de pensar; que é o cérebro:
Corpus desk
Index PT-pensante · pensante · Portuguese
pensante · rank #53,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,490
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH penca
Nearest frequency peer: penca (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “pensante”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- paliativo
paliativo
46,527 corpus weight
- pediátrico
pediátrico
46,514 corpus weight
- penca
penca
46,512 corpus weight
- pensante
pensante
46,511 corpus weight
- pilhar
pilhar
46,504 corpus weight
- polarizado
polarizado
46,503 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pensante” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pensante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pensante” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pensante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,490 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pensante in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is pensante, spelled P-E-N-S-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1que é capaz de pensar; que é o cérebro:
- 2que tem ideias próprias:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pensante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O engenheiro era a cabeça pensante do projeto.
Como ser pensante, não se deixaria enganar.
Antonyms
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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