tentares

/tẽⁿˈta.ɾɪs/

//tẽⁿˈta.ɾɪs// verb

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The verdict

“tentares” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,905 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,905
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - segunda pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo tentar;

Corpus desk

Index PT-tentares · tentares · Portuguese

tentares · rank #86,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,905
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH territorialme…

Nearest frequency peer: territorialmente (+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 “tentares”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tentares
PropertyValue
Headwordtentares
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tẽⁿˈta.ɾɪs/
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,905
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tentares” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tentarescai 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: “territorialmente” (#86,906), “Terrorist” (#86,907), “telheiro” (#86,901). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tentares” fica em #86,905. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tentares is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,905 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /tẽⁿˈta.ɾɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

tentares has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is tentares, spelled T-E-N-T-A-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    segunda pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo tentar;
  2. 2
    infinitivo pessoal da segunda pessoa do singular do verbo tentar.

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 "tentares"?
"tentares" is spelled T-E-N-T-A-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /tẽⁿˈta.ɾɪs/.
What does "tentares" mean?
As a verb, "tentares" means: segunda pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo tentar;
How do you pronounce "tentares"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tentares" is /tẽⁿˈta.ɾɪs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tentares" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

telheiro#86,901recostar#86,814aguilhão#87,013alucinar#87,024

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list