antártico

/ɐ̃.ˈtaɾ.ti.ku/

//ɐ̃.ˈtaɾ.ti.ku// adj

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The verdict

“antártico” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,823. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,823
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oposto ao polo ártico

Corpus desk

Index PT-antartico · antártico · Portuguese

antártico · rank #41,823 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,823
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH apavorado

Nearest frequency peer: apavorado (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “antártico”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “antártico” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

antártico vs antártica
89% similar
antártico vs Antarctica
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for antártico
PropertyValue
Headwordantártico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɐ̃.ˈtaɾ.ti.ku/
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,823
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “antártico”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.antárticocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “apavorado” (#41,824), “aposento” (#41,827), “Alphonse” (#41,814). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “antártico” fica em #41,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around antártico (IPA /ɐ̃.ˈtaɾ.ti.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,823 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for antártico, with forms such as "anntártico", "antrático", and "anttártico". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "antártica", "Antarctica", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is antártico, spelled A-N-T-Á-R-T-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    oposto ao polo ártico
  2. 2
    habitante ou nativo da Antártica
  3. 3
    relacionado ou pertencente à Antártica

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Solo antártico"

Synonyms

antárctico

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anntártico
  • antrático
  • anttártico
  • antáritco
  • antárrtico
  • antártcio
  • antárticco
  • antártioc
  • antárttico
  • antátrico
  • anátrtico
  • atnártico
  • natártico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antártico - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

anntártico1antrático2anttártico1antáritco2antárrtico1antártcio2antárticco1antártioc2
Edit distance from "antártico"

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 "antártico"?
"antártico" is spelled A-N-T-Á-R-T-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ̃.ˈtaɾ.ti.ku/.
What does "antártico" mean?
As an adjective, "antártico" means: oposto ao polo ártico
What words are commonly confused with "antártico"?
"antártico" is commonly confused with "antártica", "Antarctica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "antártico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antártico" is /ɐ̃.ˈtaɾ.ti.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antártico" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

apavorado#41,824aborígene#41,796caderneta#41,867velocista#41,776

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list