tête
The verdict
“tête” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,167 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,167
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cabeça em suas várias acepções:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tête |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tête” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tête is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,167 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
tête has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is tête, spelled T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1cabeça em suas várias acepções:
- 2cabelo; cabeleira
- 3relativamente a moedas: cara
- 4aquele que dirige (uma empresa, por exemplo)
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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Using “tête”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-Ê-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.