carrinho de mão

phrase

The verdict

“carrinho de 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
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - veículo pequeno movido a energia humana usado para transportar pesos ou geralmente terra ou areia em construções

Key facts for carrinho de mão
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrinho de mão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carrinho de mão” sits in Portuguese frequency

carrinho de mão falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carrinho de mão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "veículo pequeno movido a energia humana usado para transportar pesos ou geralmente terra ou areia em construções".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for carrinho de mão, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is carrinho de mão, spelled C-A-R-R-I-N-H-O- -D-E- -M-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    veículo pequeno movido a energia humana usado para transportar pesos ou geralmente terra ou areia em construções

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carrinho de mão"?
"carrinho de mão" is spelled C-A-R-R-I-N-H-O- -D-E- -M-Ã-O.
What does "carrinho de mão" mean?
As a phrase, "carrinho de mão" means: veículo pequeno movido a energia humana usado para transportar pesos ou geralmente terra ou areia em construções
What language does "carrinho de mão" come from?
"carrinho de mão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “carrinho de mão”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-R-R-I-N-H-O- -D-E- -M-Ã-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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list