tenente

noun

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The verdict

“tenente” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,523. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,523
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - patente das forças armadas abaixo do capitão

Corpus desk

Index PT-tenente · tenente · Portuguese

tenente · rank #3,523 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,523
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tchau

Nearest frequency peer: tchau (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “tenente”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “tenente” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

tenente vs tangente
75% similar

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

Key facts for tenente
PropertyValue
Headwordtenente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,523
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “tenente”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).tenentecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tchau” (#3,522), “titular” (#3,525), “urbano” (#3,526). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tenente” fica em #3,523. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tenente, anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,523 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "patente das forças armadas abaixo do capitão".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tenente, with forms such as "etnente", "teennte", and "tenenet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tangente", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is tenente, spelled T-E-N-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    patente das forças armadas abaixo do capitão

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Segundo o tenente Pelliccioni, neste ano houve um aumento de frentes frias, então o mar está mais agitado do que o costume.

This word in other languages

lieutenant(English)teniente(Español)lieutenant(Français)Leutnant(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etnente
  • teennte
  • tenenet
  • tenennte
  • tenentte
  • tenetne
  • tennente
  • tennete
  • tneente
  • ttenente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tenente - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etnente2teennte2tenenet2tenennte1tenentte1tenetne2tennente1tennete2
Edit distance from "tenente"

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 "tenente"?
"tenente" is spelled T-E-N-E-N-T-E.
What does "tenente" mean?
As a noun, "tenente" means: patente das forças armadas abaixo do capitão
What words are commonly confused with "tenente"?
"tenente" is commonly confused with "tangente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "tenente" come from?
"tenente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

titular#3,525Alberto#3,533avaliar#3,534carinho#3,536

Similar misspelling depth

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

medalha10 variantsterrível10 variantstorcida10 variantssuperar10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list