antena

//ɐ̃.ˈte.nɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,421

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

antena is aPortuguesenoun. It means: dispositivo de transmissão de ondas de rádio e de seu recebimento Pronounced /ɐ̃.ˈte.nɐ/. It ranks #8,421 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with antes and arena.

Key facts for antena
PropertyValue
Headwordantena
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ̃.ˈte.nɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,421
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of antena in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for antena is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ̃.ˈte.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,421 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for antena, with forms such as "anetna", "anntena", and "antean". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "antes", "arena", "ateia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is antena, spelled A-N-T-E-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    dispositivo de transmissão de ondas de rádio e de seu recebimento
  2. 2
    atenção

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anetna,anntena,antean,antenna,antnea,anttena,atnena,natena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for antena

Misspelling Variants of "antena"

anetna6anntena7antean6antenna7antnea6anttena7atnena6natena6
Misspelling Variants of "antena"

Frequency rank: #8,421 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antena"?
"antena" is spelled A-N-T-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ̃.ˈte.nɐ/.
What does "antena" mean?
As a noun, "antena" means: dispositivo de transmissão de ondas de rádio e de seu recebimento
What words are commonly confused with "antena"?
"antena" is commonly confused with "antes", "arena", "ateia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "antena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antena" is /ɐ̃.ˈte.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antena" come from?
"antena" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.