tentação

//tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,280

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

tentação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de tentar Pronounced /tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/.

Key facts for tentação
PropertyValue
Headwordtentação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,280
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tentação in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tentação is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,280 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for tentação, with forms such as "etntação", "tenatção", and "tenntação". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is tentação, spelled T-E-N-T-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de tentar
  2. 2
    disposição de ânimo para a prática de algo indiferente ou censurável
  3. 3
    desejo veemente

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etntação,tenatção,tenntação,tentaãço,tentaçoã,tenttação,tentçaão,tetnação,tnetação,ttentação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tentação

Misspelling Variants of "tentação"

etntação8tenatção8tenntação9tentaãço8tentaçoã8tenttação9tentçaão8tetnação8
Misspelling Variants of "tentação"

Frequency rank: #10,280 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tentação"?
"tentação" is spelled T-E-N-T-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "tentação" mean?
As a noun, "tentação" means: ato ou efeito de tentar
What are common misspellings of "tentação"?
Common misspellings include "etntação", "tenatção", "tenntação", "tentaãço", "tentaçoã". The correct spelling is "tentação".
How do you pronounce "tentação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tentação" is /tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tentação" come from?
"tentação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.