amainado
The verdict
“amainado” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - acalmado; que se tornou calmo, tranquilo, sereno
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amainado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amainado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for amainado is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for amainado, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is amainado, spelled A-M-A-I-N-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1acalmado; que se tornou calmo, tranquilo, sereno
- 2sem agitações
- 3diz-se da embarcação cujas velas estão colhidas ou arreadas
- 4que se conseguiu amainar, afrouxar ou acalmar
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.
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Using “amainado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-M-A-I-N-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.