tentilhão
/tẽ.ti.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“tentilhão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ave da família Fringillidae, caracteriza-se por ser um pássaro que se alimenta de grãos, o tentilhão-comum e o tentilhão-montês
Corpus desk
Index PT-tentilhao · tentilhão · Portuguese
tentilhão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tentilhão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tẽ.ti.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tentilhão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tentilhão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /tẽ.ti.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ave da família Fringillidae, caracteriza-se por ser um pássaro que se alimenta de grãos, o tentilhão-comum e o tentilhão-montês".
tentilhão has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tentilhão, spelled T-E-N-T-I-L-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ave da família Fringillidae, caracteriza-se por ser um pássaro que se alimenta de grãos, o tentilhão-comum e o tentilhão-montês
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.