inglês antigo
/iŋ.ˈgles ãⁿ.ˈʧi.gu/
The verdict
“inglês antigo” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a língua inglesa como era falada de meados do século V a meados do século XII em partes do que são hoje a Inglaterra e o sul da Escócia
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inglês antigo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /iŋ.ˈgles ãⁿ.ˈʧi.gu/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inglês antigo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for inglês antigo is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iŋ.ˈgles ãⁿ.ˈʧi.gu/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "a língua inglesa como era falada de meados do século V a meados do século XII em partes do que são hoje a Inglaterra e o sul da Escócia".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for inglês antigo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is inglês antigo, spelled I-N-G-L-Ê-S- -A-N-T-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1a língua inglesa como era falada de meados do século V a meados do século XII em partes do que são hoje a Inglaterra e o sul da Escócia
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “inglês antigo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-G-L-Ê-S- -A-N-T-I-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /iŋ.ˈgles ãⁿ.ˈʧi.gu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.