obnóxio
/ɔ.bˈnɔ.ksju/
The verdict
“obnóxio” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - desprezível
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obnóxio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɔ.bˈnɔ.ksju/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obnóxio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for obnóxio is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔ.bˈnɔ.ksju/. 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: "desprezível".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for obnóxio, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 obnóxio, spelled O-B-N-Ó-X-I-O.
Definition
- 1desprezível
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “obnóxio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-B-N-Ó-X-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɔ.bˈnɔ.ksju/ (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.