regente

//Rɨ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,694

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

regente is anPortugueseadj. It means: que rege, governa, dirige Pronounced /Rɨ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. Often confused with revenge and relento.

Key facts for regente
PropertyValue
Headwordregente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/Rɨ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,694
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of regente in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for regente is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,694 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que rege, governa, dirige".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for regente, with forms such as "ergente", "reegnte", and "regenet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "revenge", "relento", "recent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is regente, spelled R-E-G-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que rege, governa, dirige

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ergente,reegnte,regenet,regennte,regentte,regetne,reggente,regnete,rgeente,rregente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for regente

Misspelling Variants of "regente"

ergente7reegnte7regenet7regennte8regentte8regetne7reggente8regnete7
Misspelling Variants of "regente"

Frequency rank: #14,694 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regente"?
"regente" is spelled R-E-G-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/.
What does "regente" mean?
As an adj, "regente" means: que rege, governa, dirige
What words are commonly confused with "regente"?
"regente" is commonly confused with "revenge", "relento", "recent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regente" is /Rɨ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regente" come from?
"regente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.