ancient
/ˈeɪnʃənt/.
The verdict
“ancient” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #71,489 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,489
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - uma pessoa que é muito velha ou que viveu nos tempos antigos.
| 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) |
Where “ancient” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ancient is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈeɪnʃənt/.. Corpus data places it at rank #71,489 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “ancient”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-N-C-I-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈeɪnʃənt/. (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.