tolerance

noun

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The verdict

“tolerance” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,181 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,181
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,850
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tolerância

Key facts for tolerance
PropertyValue
Headwordtolerance
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tolerance” 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). tolerance 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

tolerance is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,181 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tolerância".

Zero misspellings are on record for tolerance in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is tolerance, spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    tolerância

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 "tolerance"?
"tolerance" is spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-N-C-E.
What does "tolerance" mean?
As a noun, "tolerance" means: tolerância
What language does "tolerance" come from?
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Using “tolerance”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-L-E-R-A-N-C-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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list