quarentão

kwa.rɛ̃.ˈtãw

/kwa.rɛ̃.ˈtãw/ noun

The verdict

“quarentão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,169 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,169
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - homem na faixa etária entre os 40 e 49 anos

Corpus desk

Index PT-quarentao · quarentão · Portuguese

quarentão · rank #84,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,169
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH puritanismo

Nearest frequency peer: puritanismo (-3 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 “quarentão”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “quarentão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quarentão
PropertyValue
Headwordquarentão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPAkwa.rɛ̃.ˈtãw
Letters9
Frequency rank#84,169
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “quarentão” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).quarentãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “puritanismo” (#84,166), “purgar” (#84,165), “ralhar” (#84,174). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quarentão” fica em #84,169. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quarentão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,169 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed kwa.rɛ̃.ˈtãw. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "homem na faixa etária entre os 40 e 49 anos".

No generated misspelling entries exist for quarentão in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is quarentão, spelled Q-U-A-R-E-N-T-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    homem na faixa etária entre os 40 e 49 anos

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 "quarentão"?
"quarentão" is spelled Q-U-A-R-E-N-T-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is kwa.rɛ̃.ˈtãw.
What does "quarentão" mean?
As a noun, "quarentão" means: homem na faixa etária entre os 40 e 49 anos
How do you pronounce "quarentão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quarentão" is kwa.rɛ̃.ˈtãw. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quarentão" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list