à mão
The verdict
“à mão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - manualmente, artesanalmente; feito com as mãos, em oposição a feito com máquinas
Corpus desk
Index PT-a-mao · à mão · Portuguese
à mão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à mão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “à mão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
à mão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "manualmente, artesanalmente; feito com as mãos, em oposição a feito com máquinas".
Zero misspellings are on record for à mão in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is à mão, spelled À- -M-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1manualmente, artesanalmente; feito com as mãos, em oposição a feito com máquinas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à mão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lindos vestidos feitos à mão.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.