violento
/vju.ˈlẽ.tu/
The verdict
“violento” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,488 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #6,488
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - exercido com força
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | violento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vju.ˈlẽ.tu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “violento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for violento is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vju.ˈlẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,488 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 violento, with forms such as "ivolento", "viloento", and "vioelnto". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "violet", "violino", "violeta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is violento, spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1exercido com força
- 2que age usando da força bruta
- 3que se opõem ao direito e à justiça
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ivolento,viloento,vioelnto,violennto,violenot,violentto,violetno,viollento,violneto,voilento,vviolento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of violento - 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.
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 “violento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-I-O-L-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vju.ˈlẽ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “violet” - see the side-by-side comparison. violento vs violet
- 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.