antigasvsantigoConfusable pair

Which to use

“antigas” and “antigo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,923
“antigas” frequency rank
#1,233
“antigo” frequency rank
4156
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature antigas antigo
Definition feminino plural de antigo de épocas passadas

Letter map: antigas vs antigo

Shared letters muted; letters that set antigas and antigo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. antigas runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against antigo's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
antigas
6 ch
antigo

Pair insight - antigas / antigo

antigas and antigo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

antigas is recorded at frequency rank #2,923, classified as anadj. antigo is at rank #1,233, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ̃.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 4156, this pair ranks #70,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of antigas vs antigo

Shared letters: agint. Private to "antigas": s. Private to "antigo": o.

"antigas" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "antigo" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • antigas ← anitgas · anntigas · antgias · antiags · antigass · antiggas · antigsa · anttigas
  • antigo ← anitgo · anntigo · antgio · antiggo · antiog · anttigo · atnigo · natigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "antigas" and "antigo" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "antigas" or "antigo" show up more?
"antigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,233 in our Portuguese list, against #2,923 for "antigas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "antigas" and "antigo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "antigas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "antigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "antigas" and "antigo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "antigo vs antro". 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 #70,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list