antígeno

Name: antígeno, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“antígeno” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,690
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,900
“A” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - partícula ou molécula capaz de iniciar uma resposta imune, a qual começa pelo reconhecimento pelos linfócitos e cumula com a produção de um anticorpo específico

Corpus desk

Index PT-antigeno · antígeno · Portuguese

antígeno · rank #44,690 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #44,690
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 1,900
PHOTO-FINISH aparentar

Nearest frequency peer: aparentar (+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.

airbag

55,325
antígeno

55,311
aparentar

55,307
assombro

55,302
atordoado

55,300
avareza

55,295

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

antígeno vs antigo

63% similar

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

Key facts for antígeno
Property	Value
Headword	antígeno
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#44,690
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “antígeno”

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

#44,690

#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 “aparentar” (#44,694), “assombro” (#44,699), “atordoado” (#44,701). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “antígeno” fica em #44,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around antígeno, anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,690 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "partícula ou molécula capaz de iniciar uma resposta imune, a qual começa pelo reconhecimento pelos linfócitos e cumula com a produção de um anticorpo específico".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for antígeno, with forms such as "anntígeno", "antgíeno", and "anttígeno". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "antigo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is antígeno, spelled A-N-T-Í-G-E-N-O.

Definition

1
partícula ou molécula capaz de iniciar uma resposta imune, a qual começa pelo reconhecimento pelos linfócitos e cumula com a produção de um anticorpo específico

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Faz tempo que se sabia que algumas moléculas maiores, como o antígeno que causa a reação anti-RH, podem cruzar a barreira da placenta.

This word in other languages

antigen(English)antígeno(Español)antigène(Français)Antigen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

anntígeno
antgíeno
anttígeno
antíegno
antígenno
antígeon
antíggeno
antígneo
anítgeno
atnígeno
natígeno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antígeno - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "antígeno"

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 "antígeno"?

"antígeno" is spelled A-N-T-Í-G-E-N-O.

What does "antígeno" mean?

As a noun, "antígeno" means: partícula ou molécula capaz de iniciar uma resposta imune, a qual começa pelo reconhecimento pelos linfócitos e cumula com a produção de um anticorpo específico

What words are commonly confused with "antígeno"?

"antígeno" is commonly confused with "antigo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "antígeno" come from?

"antígeno" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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