torrente

noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,639

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

torrente is aPortuguesenoun. It means: grande abundância ou fluência Often confused with tormenta and tormento.

Key facts for torrente
PropertyValue
Headwordtorrente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,639
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of torrente in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for torrente is 8 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #33,639 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for torrente, with forms such as "otrrente", "torente", and "torernte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tormenta", "tormento", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is torrente, spelled T-O-R-R-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande abundância ou fluência
  2. 2
    curso d'água muito rápido e impetuoso

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otrrente,torente,torernte,torrenet,torrennte,torrentte,torretne,torrnete,trorente,ttorrente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for torrente

Misspelling Variants of "torrente"

otrrente8torente7torernte8torrenet8torrennte9torrentte9torretne8torrnete8
Misspelling Variants of "torrente"

Frequency rank: #33,639 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "torrente"?
"torrente" is spelled T-O-R-R-E-N-T-E.
What does "torrente" mean?
As a noun, "torrente" means: grande abundância ou fluência
What words are commonly confused with "torrente"?
"torrente" is commonly confused with "tormenta", "tormento". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "torrente" come from?
"torrente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.