tentativa

/tẽ.tɐ.ˈti.vɐ/

//tẽ.tɐ.ˈti.vɐ// noun

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The verdict

“tentativa” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,659
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esforço feito para obter alguma coisa

Corpus desk

Index PT-tentativa · tentativa · Portuguese

tentativa · rank #1,659 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,659
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH teoria

Nearest frequency peer: teoria (+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 “tentativa”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “tentativa” 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
Key facts for tentativa
PropertyValue
Headwordtentativa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tẽ.tɐ.ˈti.vɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,659
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “tentativa”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “teoria” (#1,660), “surpresa” (#1,657), “terceira” (#1,661). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tentativa” fica em #1,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around tentativa (IPA /tẽ.tɐ.ˈti.vɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,659 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for tentativa, with forms such as "etntativa", "tenattiva", and "tenntativa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is tentativa, spelled T-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    esforço feito para obter alguma coisa
  2. 2
    ataque, assalto

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. ele fez uma tentativa de atravessar o Canal da Mancha
  2. o presidente guatemalteco sofreu uma tentativa de assassinato

This word in other languages

attempt(English)tentativa(Español)tentative(Français)Versuch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etntativa
  • tenattiva
  • tenntativa
  • tentaitva
  • tentatiav
  • tentativva
  • tentattiva
  • tentatvia
  • tenttaiva
  • tenttativa
  • tetnativa
  • tnetativa
  • ttentativa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tentativa - 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.

etntativa2tenattiva2tenntativa1tentaitva2tentatiav2tentativva1tentattiva1tentatvia2
Edit distance from "tentativa"

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 "tentativa"?
"tentativa" is spelled T-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is /tẽ.tɐ.ˈti.vɐ/.
What does "tentativa" mean?
As a noun, "tentativa" means: esforço feito para obter alguma coisa
What are common misspellings of "tentativa"?
Common misspellings include "etntativa", "tenattiva", "tenntativa", "tentaitva", "tentatiav". The correct spelling is "tentativa".
How do you pronounce "tentativa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tentativa" is /tẽ.tɐ.ˈti.vɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tentativa" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

especiais#1,673eleitoral#1,642revolução#1,627confiança#1,703

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

competição13 variantsautoridade13 variantspublicação13 variantsfronteira13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list