Adonis
/a.dɔ.nis/
The verdict
“Adonis” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,752 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,752
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adónis/Adônis
Corpus desk
Index PT-adonis · Adonis · Portuguese
Adonis · rank #54,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,752
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH Adelina
Nearest frequency peer: Adelina (-3 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Adonis”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Adelina
Adelina
45,252 corpus weight
- Adonis
Adonis
45,249 corpus weight
- aguçado
aguçado
45,246 corpus weight
- aku
aku
45,245 corpus weight
- amoníaco
amoníaco
45,238 corpus weight
- amoreira
amoreira
45,237 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Adonis” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Adonis” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Adonis is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,752 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /a.dɔ.nis/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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