sicofanta

noun

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The verdict

“sicofanta” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mentiroso, delator, caluniador

Key facts for sicofanta
PropertyValue
Headwordsicofanta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sicofanta” sits in Portuguese frequency

sicofanta falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sicofanta is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mentiroso, delator, caluniador".

sicofanta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sicofanta, spelled S-I-C-O-F-A-N-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    mentiroso, delator, caluniador

This word in other languages

slanderer(English)sicofanta(Español)sycophant(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sicofanta"?
"sicofanta" is spelled S-I-C-O-F-A-N-T-A.
What does "sicofanta" mean?
As a noun, "sicofanta" means: mentiroso, delator, caluniador
What language does "sicofanta" come from?
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Using “sicofanta”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-I-C-O-F-A-N-T-A - 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