salientar

/sɐ.ljẽ.ˈtaɾ/

//sɐ.ljẽ.ˈtaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“salientar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,459. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,459
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar saliente

Corpus desk

Index PT-salientar · salientar · Portuguese

salientar · rank #14,459 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,459
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH rapto

Nearest frequency peer: rapto (-10 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 “salientar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “salientar” 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).

salientar vs saliente
78% similar

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

Key facts for salientar
PropertyValue
Headwordsalientar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sɐ.ljẽ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,459
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “salientar”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).salientarcai 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 “rapto” (#14,449), “tambor” (#14,471), “progressão” (#14,446). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “salientar” fica em #14,459. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around salientar (IPA /sɐ.ljẽ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,459 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for salientar, with forms such as "aslientar", "sailentar", and "saleintar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "saliente", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is salientar, spelled S-A-L-I-E-N-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    tornar saliente
  2. 2
    dar nas vistas
  3. 3
    evidenciar-se

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aslientar
  • sailentar
  • saleintar
  • salienatr
  • salienntar
  • salientarr
  • salientra
  • salienttar
  • salietnar
  • salinetar
  • sallientar
  • slaientar
  • ssalientar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of salientar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aslientar2sailentar2saleintar2salienatr2salienntar1salientarr1salientra2salienttar1
Edit distance from "salientar"

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 "salientar"?
"salientar" is spelled S-A-L-I-E-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /sɐ.ljẽ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "salientar" mean?
As a verb, "salientar" means: tornar saliente
What words are commonly confused with "salientar"?
"salientar" is commonly confused with "saliente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salientar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salientar" is /sɐ.ljẽ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salientar" come from?
"salientar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tornozelo#14,480pirataria#14,434alfândega#14,510escorpião#14,360

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

progressão13 variantsdissertação13 variantsdemarcação13 variantscompressão13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list