tuning

noun

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The verdict

“tuning” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,066 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,066
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,850
“T” headwords

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

Key facts for tuning
PropertyValue
Headwordtuning
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,066
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tuning” 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). tuning 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

tuning is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,066 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ver tunagem".

No generated misspelling entries exist for tuning in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tuning, spelled T-U-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    ver tunagem

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 "tuning"?
"tuning" is spelled T-U-N-I-N-G.
What does "tuning" mean?
As a noun, "tuning" means: ver tunagem
What language does "tuning" come from?
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Using “tuning”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-U-N-I-N-G - 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