antônimo

adj

The verdict

“antônimo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,803 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,803
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se da palavra que tenha significado contrário a outra

Corpus desk

Index PT-antonimo · antônimo · Portuguese

antônimo · rank #88,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,803
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH assepsia

Nearest frequency peer: assepsia (+24 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 “antônimo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for antônimo
PropertyValue
Headwordantônimo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,803
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “antônimo” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).antônimocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “assepsia” (#88,827), “acordeonista” (#88,773), “auch” (#88,833). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “antônimo” fica em #88,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antônimo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,803 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se da palavra que tenha significado contrário a outra".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for antônimo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 antônimo, spelled A-N-T-Ô-N-I-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    diz-se da palavra que tenha significado contrário a outra

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. As palavras "frio" e "quente" são antônimas.

This word in other languages

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 "antônimo"?
"antônimo" is spelled A-N-T-Ô-N-I-M-O.
What does "antônimo" mean?
As an adjective, "antônimo" means: diz-se da palavra que tenha significado contrário a outra
What language does "antônimo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list