anfetamina

noun

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The verdict

“anfetamina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,364 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,364
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância simpatomimética que tem a estrutura química básica da beta-fenetilamina

Corpus desk

Index PT-anfetamina · anfetamina · Portuguese

anfetamina · rank #55,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,364
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH angle

Nearest frequency peer: angle (+1 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 “anfetamina”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anfetamina
PropertyValue
Headwordanfetamina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,364
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “anfetamina” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).anfetaminacai 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: “angle” (#55,365), “arenito” (#55,372), “afundamento” (#55,352). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “anfetamina” fica em #55,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anfetamina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,364 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "substância simpatomimética que tem a estrutura química básica da beta-fenetilamina".

No generated misspelling entries exist for anfetamina in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is anfetamina, spelled A-N-F-E-T-A-M-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    substância simpatomimética que tem a estrutura química básica da beta-fenetilamina

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Em 2001, Gatlin teve antidoping positivo para anfetamina, contida em um medicamento para controlar distúrbio de déficit de atenção.

This word in other languages

amphetamine(English)anfetamina(Español)amphétamine(Français)Amphetamin(Deutsch)

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 "anfetamina"?
"anfetamina" is spelled A-N-F-E-T-A-M-I-N-A.
What does "anfetamina" mean?
As a noun, "anfetamina" means: substância simpatomimética que tem a estrutura química básica da beta-fenetilamina
What language does "anfetamina" come from?
"anfetamina" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

assombroso#55,386socorrista#55,257prevalente#55,182mensurável#55,683

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list