tónico

/ˈtɔ.ni.ku/

//ˈtɔ.ni.ku// adj

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The verdict

“tónico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,068 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,068
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - respeitante ao tom

Corpus desk

Index PT-tonico · tónico · Portuguese

tónico · rank #60,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,068
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tuning

Nearest frequency peer: tuning (-2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “tónico”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tónico” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tónico
PropertyValue
Headwordtónico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈtɔ.ni.ku/
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,068
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tónico” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.tónicocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tuning” (#60,066), “valo” (#60,078), “Vanuatu” (#60,080). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tónico” fica em #60,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tónico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,068 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtɔ.ni.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tónico, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is tónico, spelled T-Ó-N-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    respeitante ao tom
  2. 2
    que tonifica
  3. 3
    diz-se da primeira nota de uma escala
  4. 4
    diz-se da sílaba ou vogal dita com maior intensidade de voz (numa palavra)
  5. 5
    fortificante; excitante

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «Tomou um chá tónico para recuperar as energias após a caminhada.»
  2. «O acento tónico da palavra recai na última sílaba.»

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 "tónico"?
"tónico" is spelled T-Ó-N-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɔ.ni.ku/.
What does "tónico" mean?
As an adjective, "tónico" means: respeitante ao tom
How do you pronounce "tónico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tónico" is /ˈtɔ.ni.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tónico" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tuning#60,066sudoku#60,042ínfimo#60,103Sommer#60,027

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list