tirante

adj

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The verdict

“tirante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,913 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,913
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,850
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que tira ou puxa

Key facts for tirante
PropertyValue
Headwordtirante
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,913
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tirante” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tirante lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tirante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,913 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for tirante in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is tirante, spelled T-I-R-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tira ou puxa
  2. 2
    semelhante; que se aproxima de; que se assemelha (a uma cor, uma tonalidade, uma nuança)
  3. 3
    excetuado, excluído
  4. 4
    diz-se de parede ou muro inclinado, desnivelado

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 "tirante"?
"tirante" is spelled T-I-R-A-N-T-E.
What does "tirante" mean?
As an adjective, "tirante" means: que tira ou puxa
What language does "tirante" come from?
"tirante" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “tirante”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-I-R-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list