tantinho
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
- tanino
tanino
24,848 corpus weight
- tant
tant
24,847 corpus weight
- tantinho
tantinho
24,846 corpus weight
- termómetro
termómetro
24,839 corpus weight
- terraplenag…
terraplenagem
24,838 corpus weight
- thu
thu
24,834 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tantinho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tantinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tantinho” em português
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
- 1pequena porção; tudo-nada; bocadinho
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tantinho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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