ancient
/ˈeɪnʃənt/.
The verdict
“ancient” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,489 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,489
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uma pessoa que é muito velha ou que viveu nos tempos antigos.
Corpus desk
Index PT-ancient · ancient · Portuguese
ancient · rank #71,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,489
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ambidestro
Nearest frequency peer: ambidestro (-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 “ancient”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- alvejar
alvejar
28,518 corpus weight
- amaranto
amaranto
28,517 corpus weight
- ambidestro
ambidestro
28,515 corpus weight
- ancient
ancient
28,512 corpus weight
- apartar
apartar
28,509 corpus weight
- argônio
argônio
28,505 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ancient” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ancient |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪnʃənt/. |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ancient” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ancient is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,489 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈeɪnʃənt/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ancient, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 ancient, spelled A-N-C-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1uma pessoa que é muito velha ou que viveu nos tempos antigos.
- 2bandeira, estandarte ou insígnia.
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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