Afrikaans
/ɑ.fri.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑ̃ːs/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑ̃ːs/
The verdict
“Afrikaans” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,209 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,209
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - africano
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Afrikaans |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑ̃ːs/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑ̃ːs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Afrikaans” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Afrikaans is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,209 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑ̃ːs/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑ̃ːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Afrikaans in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Afrikaans, spelled A-F-R-I-K-A-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1africano
- 2africâner, relativo ao idioma africâner
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 “Afrikaans”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-F-R-I-K-A-A-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑ̃ːs/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑ̃ːs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.