amma
[ˈamːa]
The verdict
“amma” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,957 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,957
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - avó.
Corpus desk
Index PT-amma · amma · Portuguese
amma · rank #65,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,957
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH agiotagem
Nearest frequency peer: agiotagem (-9 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “amma”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- acanhado
acanhado
34,065 corpus weight
- acuado
acuado
34,062 corpus weight
- agave
agave
34,054 corpus weight
- agiotagem
agiotagem
34,053 corpus weight
- amma
amma
34,044 corpus weight
- argento
argento
34,033 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “amma” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈamːa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amma” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amma is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,957 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈamːa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "avó.".
No misspelling variants are generated for amma in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is amma, spelled A-M-M-A.
Definition
- 1avó.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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