tantinho

noun

The verdict

“tantinho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,155 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,155
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequena porção; tudo-nada; bocadinho

Corpus desk

Index PT-tantinho · tantinho · Portuguese

tantinho · rank #75,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,155
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tant

Nearest frequency peer: tant (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “tantinho”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tantinho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tantinho
PropertyValue
Headwordtantinho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tantinho” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).tantinhocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tant” (#75,154), “tanino” (#75,153), “termómetro” (#75,162). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tantinho” fica em #75,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tantinho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,155 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pequena porção; tudo-nada; bocadinho".

Zero misspellings are on record for tantinho in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is tantinho, spelled T-A-N-T-I-N-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequena porção; tudo-nada; bocadinho

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De bombeta e sneakers de skatista, ele já não é mais aquele garoto franzino, está até bem roliço, e deve ter sido difícil entrar naquelas calças (demonstrava estar um tantinho "alto", mas na dosagem ideal).

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 "tantinho"?
"tantinho" is spelled T-A-N-T-I-N-H-O.
What does "tantinho" mean?
As a noun, "tantinho" means: pequena porção; tudo-nada; bocadinho
What language does "tantinho" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list