alike

adj

The verdict

“alike” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,882 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,882
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - muito semelhante

Corpus desk

Index PT-alike · alike · Portuguese

alike · rank #87,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,882
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alessio

Nearest frequency peer: Alessio (-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 “alike”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alike” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alike
PropertyValue
Headwordalike
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,882
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “alike” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).alikecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Alessio” (#87,879), “agnosticismo” (#87,869), “andrógeno” (#87,900). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “alike” fica em #87,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alike is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,882 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "muito semelhante".

No generated misspelling entries exist for alike in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is alike, spelled A-L-I-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    muito semelhante

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how alike appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. alike people (in behavior)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alike"?
"alike" is spelled A-L-I-K-E.
What does "alike" mean?
As an adjective, "alike" means: muito semelhante
What language does "alike" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alike", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list