veterano
The verdict
“veterano” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,777 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,777
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - soldado que já serviu em campos de batalha
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | veterano |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “veterano” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for veterano is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #9,777 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for veterano, with forms such as "evterano", "veetrano", and "vetearno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is veterano, spelled V-E-T-E-R-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1soldado que já serviu em campos de batalha
- 2pessoa experimentada em algum trabalho ou serviço
- 3aluno de escola superior que já cursou o primeiro ano letivo
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evterano,veetrano,vetearno,veteranno,veteraon,veternao,veterrano,vetreano,vetterano,vteerano,vveterano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of veterano - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “veterano”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-E-T-E-R-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.