fonêmica
Portuguese, noun
fonêmica is spelled F-O-N-Ê-M-I-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fonêmica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of fonémica” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of fonêmico. With an accent, fonémica is a different word: “phonemics (the study of phonemes)”.
What does fonêmica mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of fonémica
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fonêmico
noun
- 1
femininephonemics (the study of phonemes)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fonémico
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of fonêmica
- fonêmica alternative Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is fonêmica in Portuguese?
fonêmica appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).