ténue
/ˈtɛ.nwɨ/
The verdict
“ténue” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,298 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,298
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - com pouca consistência ou espessura
Corpus desk
Index PT-tenue · ténue · Portuguese
ténue · rank #55,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,298
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tweed
Nearest frequency peer: tweed (-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 “ténue”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tingir
tingir
44,719 corpus weight
- toranja
toranja
44,717 corpus weight
- torácico
torácico
44,716 corpus weight
- transport
transport
44,712 corpus weight
- tweed
tweed
44,704 corpus weight
- ténue
ténue
44,703 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ténue” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ténue |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɛ.nwɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ténue” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ténue is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,298 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtɛ.nwɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ténue in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 ténue, spelled T-É-N-U-E.
Definition
- 1com pouca consistência ou espessura
- 2frágil
- 3delgado
- 4de pouca importância e/ou ponderabilidade
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.
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