antigosvsartigoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#2,174
“antigos” frequency rank
#683
“artigo” frequency rank
2857
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature antigos artigo
Definition os homens do passado: palavra que precede os substantivos para os determinar

Letter map: antigos vs artigo

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

7 ch
antigos
6 ch
artigo

Corpus notes: antigos and artigo

antigos and artigo 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 2857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

antigos is recorded at frequency rank #2,174, classified as anoun. 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 2857, this pair ranks #72,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of antigos vs artigo

Shared letters: agiot. Private to "antigos": ns. Private to "artigo": r.

"antigos" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "artigo" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • antigos ← anitgos · anntigos · antgios · antiggos · antigoss · antigso · antiogs · anttigos
  • artigo ← aritgo · arrtigo · artgio · artiggo · artiog · arttigo · atrigo · ratigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "antigos" and "artigo" 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.
Which is more common, "antigos" or "artigo"?
"artigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #683 in our Portuguese list, against #2,174 for "antigos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "antigos" vs "artigo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "antigos" 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 #72,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "antigos" 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 #72,391 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