Which to use
“antigas” is an adjective and “antigos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,923
- “antigas” frequency rank
- #2,174
- “antigos” frequency rank
- 5097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | antigas | antigos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino plural de antigo | os homens do passado: |
Letter map: antigas vs antigos
Shared letters muted; letters that set antigas and antigos apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. antigas and antigos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for antigas / antigos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: antigas is anadjective and antigosanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “antigas” becomes o in “antigos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
antigas is recorded at frequency rank #2,923, classified as anadj. antigos is at rank #2,174, tagged as anoun.
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 5097, this pair ranks #69,615 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of antigas vs antigos
Shared letters: aginst. Private to "antigas": -. Private to "antigos": o.
"antigas" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "antigos" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "antigas" for "antigos" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "antigas" or "antigos" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "antigas" and "antigos".
- Full dictionary entry for "antigas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "antigos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,615 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "antigas" and "antigos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "antiga vs antigas". 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 #69,615 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.