icónico

adj

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The verdict

“icónico” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #97,818 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#97,818
frequency rank, Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - notável, simbólico

Key facts for icónico
PropertyValue
Headwordicónico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,818
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “icónico” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). icónico lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for icónico is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #97,818 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "notável, simbólico".

No misspelling variants are generated for icónico in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is icónico, spelled I-C-Ó-N-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    notável, simbólico

This word in other languages

iconic(English)iconico(Español)iconique(Français)

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 "icónico"?
"icónico" is spelled I-C-Ó-N-I-C-O.
What does "icónico" mean?
As an adjective, "icónico" means: notável, simbólico
What language does "icónico" come from?
"icónico" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “icónico”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-C-Ó-N-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list