vento

/ˈvẽ.tu/

//ˈvẽ.tu// noun

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The verdict

“vento” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,954
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o ar atmosférico em movimento natural

Corpus desk

Index PT-vento · vento · Portuguese

vento · rank #1,954 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,954
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH tira

Nearest frequency peer: tira (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “vento”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “vento” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vento vs vet
60% similar
vento vs voto
60% similar
vento vs visto
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vento
PropertyValue
Headwordvento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈvẽ.tu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,954
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “vento”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tira” (#1,953), “tela” (#1,952), “atitude” (#1,957). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vento” fica em #1,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vento (IPA /ˈvẽ.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,954 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vento, with forms such as "evnto", "vennto", and "venot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vet", "voto", "visto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is vento, spelled V-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    o ar atmosférico em movimento natural
  2. 2
    cada uma das subdivisões da rosa-dos-ventos (pontos cardeais)
  3. 3
    sorte; fado
  4. 4
    gás intestinal expelido do ânus

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Que bons ventos o trazem aqui??

This word in other languages

wind(English)viento(Español)vent(Français)Wind(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evnto
  • vennto
  • venot
  • ventto
  • vetno
  • vneto
  • vvento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vento - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

evnto2vennto1venot2ventto1vetno2vneto2vvento1
Edit distance from "vento"

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 "vento"?
"vento" is spelled V-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈvẽ.tu/.
What does "vento" mean?
As a noun, "vento" means: o ar atmosférico em movimento natural
What words are commonly confused with "vento"?
"vento" is commonly confused with "vet", "voto", "visto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vento" is /ˈvẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vento" come from?
"vento" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

russo#1,947Peter#1,940folha#1,930negra#1,984

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

pista7 variantsfomos7 variantsJames7 variantsenfim7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list