Moreira
The verdict
“Moreira” is uncommon French (frequency #54,739 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,739
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille d’origine lusophone.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moreira · Moreira · French
Moreira · rank #54,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,739
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH moraine
Nearest frequency peer: moraine (-1 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Moreira »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Monteil
Monteil
45,265 corpus weight
- moraine
moraine
45,263 corpus weight
- Moreira
Moreira
45,262 corpus weight
- moria
moria
45,261 corpus weight
- moulure
moulure
45,260 corpus weight
- multilatéral
multilatéral
45,258 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Moreira » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moreira |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Moreira » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Moreira is uncommon French at frequency #54,739 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille d’origine lusophone.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Moreira in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Moreira, spelled M-O-R-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille d’origine lusophone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Moreira appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa récente relation privilégiée avec l’agent star Jorge Mendes, à la fois à l’origine du départ de Bradley Barcola au PSG et de l’arrivée de Diego Moreira (Chelsea), n’est pas de nature à rassurer les supporteurs lyonnais, d’autant que le Portugais représente également Gennaro Gattuso.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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