't
/ət/
The verdict
“'t” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an article. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 2
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contração de het
Corpus desk
Index PT-t · 't · Portuguese
't · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "'" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 't |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Article |
| IPA | /ət/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “'t” em português
Rare enough to double-check
't is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anarticle, transcribed /ət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "contração de het".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for 't, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is 't, spelled '-T.
Definition
- 1contração de het
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how 't appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dan houdt 't verhaal op
Wat ga je in 't weekend doen?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.