icónico

adj

The verdict

“icónico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,818 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,818
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - notável, simbólico

Corpus desk

Index PT-iconico · icónico · Portuguese

icónico · rank #97,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,818
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH impensado

Nearest frequency peer: impensado (+3 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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “icónico”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “icónico” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for icónico
PropertyValue
Headwordicónico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,818
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Onde “icónico” fica na frequência do português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).icónicocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “impensado” (#97,821), “impertinência” (#97,822), “hotelzinho” (#97,813). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

icónico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,818 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «A cena em que o vilão revela a verdade ao herói tornou-se um dos momentos mais icónicos da história do cinema».

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 "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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