vacilante

/vɐ.si.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/

//vɐ.si.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ// adj

The verdict

“vacilante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,418 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,418
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-vacilante · vacilante · Portuguese

vacilante · rank #71,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,418
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH ventilar

Nearest frequency peer: ventilar (+6 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 “vacilante”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vacilante
PropertyValue
Headwordvacilante
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/vɐ.si.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,418
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “vacilante” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “ventilar” (#71,424), “wafer” (#71,433), “walnut” (#71,434). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vacilante” fica em #71,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vacilante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,418 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /vɐ.si.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vacilante, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is vacilante, spelled V-A-C-I-L-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    pouco firme
  2. 2
    instável
  3. 3
    trêmulo

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 "vacilante"?
"vacilante" is spelled V-A-C-I-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /vɐ.si.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/.
What does "vacilante" mean?
As an adjective, "vacilante" means: pouco firme
How do you pronounce "vacilante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vacilante" is /vɐ.si.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vacilante" come from?
"vacilante" 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 "vacilante", 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