Adonis
/a.dɔ.nis/
The verdict
“Adonis” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #54,752 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,752
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Adónis/Adônis
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adonis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /a.dɔ.nis/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Adonis” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Adonis is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.dɔ.nis/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,752 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Adónis/Adônis".
Zero misspellings are on record for Adonis in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Adonis, spelled A-D-O-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Adónis/Adônis
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 “Adonis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-D-O-N-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a.dɔ.nis/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.