went
/ˈwεnt/
The verdict
“went” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #39,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,927
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 110
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - passado simples do verbo go:
Corpus desk
Index PT-went · went · Portuguese
went · rank #39,927 · 6 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,927
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 110
- PHOTO-FINISH yakuza
Nearest frequency peer: yakuza (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “went”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- went
went
60,074 corpus weight
- yakuza
yakuza
60,068 corpus weight
- zu
zu
60,066 corpus weight
- égide
égide
60,065 corpus weight
- abad
abad
60,060 corpus weight
- abdómen
abdómen
60,059 corpus weight
What this shows “went” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | went |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈwεnt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “went”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around went (IPA /ˈwεnt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,927 among 110 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for went, with forms such as "ewnt", "wennt", and "wentt". 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. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "wet", "what", "West", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is went, spelled W-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1passado simples do verbo go:
- 2particípio passado do verbo go:
- 3particípio passado do verbo go:
- 4passado simples do verbo wend
- 5particípio passado do verbo wend:
- 6particípio passado do verbo wend:
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewnt
- wennt
- wentt
- wetn
- wnet
- wwent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of went - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).