anêmona

noun

The verdict

“anêmona” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - animal marinho da ordem Actinaria, da família dos cnidários, com corpo cilíndrico e tentáculos urticantes, geralmente fixo ao substrato

Corpus desk

Index PT-anemona · anêmona · Portuguese

anêmona · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for anêmona
PropertyValue
Headwordanêmona
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “anêmona” em português

anêmonanão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anêmona is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anêmona, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is anêmona, spelled A-N-Ê-M-O-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    animal marinho da ordem Actinaria, da família dos cnidários, com corpo cilíndrico e tentáculos urticantes, geralmente fixo ao substrato
  2. 2
    flor do gênero Anemone, da família ranunculáceas, com pétalas delicadas e cores variadas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A anêmona usa seus tentáculos para capturar presas
  2. A anêmona japonesa floresce no início do outono

Synonyms

actíniaanêmona-do-maranemone

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anêmona"?
"anêmona" is spelled A-N-Ê-M-O-N-A.
What does "anêmona" mean?
As a noun, "anêmona" means: animal marinho da ordem Actinaria, da família dos cnidários, com corpo cilíndrico e tentáculos urticantes, geralmente fixo ao substrato
What language does "anêmona" come from?
"anêmona" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list