antiga

adj

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The verdict

“antiga” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,556
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feminino de antigo

Corpus desk

Index PT-antiga · antiga · Portuguese

antiga · rank #1,556 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,556
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aumentar

Nearest frequency peer: aumentar (+4 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 “antiga”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “antiga” 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).

antiga vs artigo
67% similar
antiga vs antigo
83% similar
antiga vs antigos
71% similar

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

Key facts for antiga
PropertyValue
Headwordantiga
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,556
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “antiga”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).antigacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “aumentar” (#1,560), “rosa” (#1,551), “bebê” (#1,561). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “antiga” fica em #1,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around antiga, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,556 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "feminino de antigo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for antiga, with forms such as "anitga", "anntiga", and "antgia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "artigo", "antigo", "antigos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is antiga, spelled A-N-T-I-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    feminino de antigo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. As árvores tinham perdido a sua antiga expressão, esmorecera o seu verdor e tornara-se menos perturbante o seu mistério.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anitga
  • anntiga
  • antgia
  • antiag
  • antigga
  • anttiga
  • atniga
  • natiga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antiga - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

anitga2anntiga1antgia2antiag2antigga1anttiga1atniga2natiga2
Edit distance from "antiga"

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 "antiga"?
"antiga" is spelled A-N-T-I-G-A.
What does "antiga" mean?
As an adjective, "antiga" means: feminino de antigo
What words are commonly confused with "antiga"?
"antiga" is commonly confused with "artigo", "antigo", "antigos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "antiga" come from?
"antiga" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

branca#1,562compra#1,564criada#1,566férias#1,572

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

máximo8 variantsDaniel8 variantsquente8 variantsteatro8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list