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doppelganger

Portuguese, noun

doppelganger is spelled D-O-P-P-E-L-G-A-N-G-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doppelganger is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “doppelganger (ghostly double of a living person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Doppelgänger is a different word: “alternative form of doppelganger”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cópia idêntica (ou muito parecida) de algo ou alguém”.

What does doppelganger mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedoppelganger (ghostly double of a living person)

noun

as Doppelgänger
  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of doppelganger

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. cópia idêntica (ou muito parecida) de algo ou alguém

noun: 1. vide doppelganger

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of doppelganger

  • doppelgangers plural
  • Doppelgänger alternative
  • Doppelgängers plural
  • dop.pel.gän.ger canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to doppelganger

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is doppelganger in Portuguese?

doppelganger appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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