anacrônico

adj

The verdict

“anacrônico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,945 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,945
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que contém elementos estranhos ao contexto temporal no qual está inserido

Key facts for anacrônico
PropertyValue
Headwordanacrônico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,945
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “anacrônico” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). anacrônico lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anacrônico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,945 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

anacrônico has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is anacrônico, spelled A-N-A-C-R-Ô-N-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que contém elementos estranhos ao contexto temporal no qual está inserido
  2. 2
    que contém anacronismo
  3. 3
    fora de moda

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "anacrônico"?
"anacrônico" is spelled A-N-A-C-R-Ô-N-I-C-O.
What does "anacrônico" mean?
As an adjective, "anacrônico" means: que contém elementos estranhos ao contexto temporal no qual está inserido
What language does "anacrônico" come from?
"anacrônico" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “anacrônico”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-N-A-C-R-Ô-N-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list