Tante
/ˈtantə/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“Tante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,670 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,670
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tia
Corpus desk
Index PT-tante · Tante · Portuguese
Tante · rank #88,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,670
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tendencialmen…
Nearest frequency peer: tendencialmente (+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 “Tante”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- shave
shave
11,381 corpus weight
- tailor
tailor
11,337 corpus weight
- Tante
Tante
11,331 corpus weight
- tendencialm…
tendencialmente
11,328 corpus weight
- tipográfico
tipográfico
11,320 corpus weight
- transplantar
transplantar
11,307 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Tante” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtantə/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Tante” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Tante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,670 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtantə/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tia".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Tante in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Tante, spelled T-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1tia
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe eine Tante.
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.
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