Which to use
“antiga” is an adjective and “artigo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,556
- “antiga” frequency rank
- #683
- “artigo” frequency rank
- 2239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | antiga | artigo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino de antigo | palavra que precede os substantivos para os determinar |
Letter map: antiga vs artigo
Shared letters muted; letters that set antiga and artigo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. antiga and artigo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for antiga / artigo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: antiga is anadjective and artigoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
antiga is recorded at frequency rank #1,556, classified as anadj. artigo is at rank #683, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐɾ.ˈti.ɡu/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 2239, this pair ranks #73,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of antiga vs artigo
Shared letters: agit. Private to "antiga": n. Private to "artigo": or.
"antiga" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "artigo" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "antiga" and "artigo" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "antiga" or "artigo" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "antiga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "artigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "antiga" and "artigo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "artigo vs artist". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #73,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.