talento

/tɐ.ˈlẽ.tu/

//tɐ.ˈlẽ.tu// noun

The verdict

“talento” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,912. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,912
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - engenho; uma habilidade especial de fazer algo

Corpus desk

Index PT-talento · talento · Portuguese

talento · rank #2,912 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,912
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tensão

Nearest frequency peer: tensão (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “talento”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “talento” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

talento vs tanto
71% similar
talento vs tento
71% similar
talento vs talentoso
78% similar

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

Key facts for talento
PropertyValue
Headwordtalento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɐ.ˈlẽ.tu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,912
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Onde “talento” fica na frequência do português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).talentocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tensão” (#2,913), “sono” (#2,910), “Richard” (#2,909). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around talento (IPA /tɐ.ˈlẽ.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,912 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for talento, with forms such as "atlento", "taelnto", and "talennto". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "tanto", "tento", "talentoso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is talento, spelled T-A-L-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    engenho; uma habilidade especial de fazer algo
  2. 2
    uma pessoa com talento¹
  3. 3
    antiga unidade de massa
  4. 4
    antiga moeda originária da Mesopotâmia que também foi usada em diversas regiões do mundo antigo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how talento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Eu não tenho talento nenhum para a música.
  2. Este cantor foi descoberto num show de talentos.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atlento
  • taelnto
  • talennto
  • talenot
  • talentto
  • taletno
  • tallento
  • talneto
  • tlaento
  • ttalento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talento - 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.

atlento2taelnto2talennto1talenot2talentto1taletno2tallento1talneto2
Edit distance from "talento"

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 "talento"?
"talento" is spelled T-A-L-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /tɐ.ˈlẽ.tu/.
What does "talento" mean?
As a noun, "talento" means: engenho; uma habilidade especial de fazer algo
What words are commonly confused with "talento"?
"talento" is commonly confused with "tanto", "tento", "talentoso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "talento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talento" is /tɐ.ˈlẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talento" come from?
"talento" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • "talento" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "tanto". View pair
  • 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #2,912 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more Portuguese words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list