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fônica

Portuguese, noun

fônica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of fónica” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of fônico. With an accent, fónica is a different word: “phonics (the art of combining sounds according to the laws of…”.

What does fônica mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of fónica

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of fônico

noun

as fónica
  1. 1

    femininephonics (the art of combining sounds according to the laws of acoustics)

adjective

as fónica
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of fónico

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

Forms of fônica

  • fônica alternative Brazil

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

How common is fônica in Portuguese?

fônica appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.

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