tolerance

noun

The verdict

“tolerance” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,181 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,181
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tolerância

Corpus desk

Index PT-tolerance · tolerance · Portuguese

tolerance · rank #85,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,181
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tortilha

Nearest frequency peer: tortilha (+3 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 “tolerance”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tolerance” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tolerance
PropertyValue
Headwordtolerance
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tolerance” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tolerancecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tortilha” (#85,184), “timbrado” (#85,177), “tenro” (#85,167). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tolerance” fica em #85,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tolerance is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,181 among 917 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tolerance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Millions were killed by proclaiming that they had no right to tolerance on account of their intolerance.

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?
"tolerance" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tolerance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list