gamão
/ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
The verdict
“gamão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,147 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,147
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jogo de tabuleiro para dois participantes, de origem bastante antiga e considerado de corrida e de estratégia, no qual cada jogador dispõe de quinze peças igualmente distribuídas em sentido contrár...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gamão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gamão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,147 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gamão, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is gamão, spelled G-A-M-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1jogo de tabuleiro para dois participantes, de origem bastante antiga e considerado de corrida e de estratégia, no qual cada jogador dispõe de quinze peças igualmente distribuídas em sentido contrário um ao outro e que são movidas pelas casas de acordo com o lançamento de dois dados, até que todas essas peças sejam reunidas no próprio campo quando então são retiradas consoante o resultado dos dados, vencendo-se a partida aquele que tirar todas as peças antes do contendor
- 2o objetivo maior desse jogo, que consiste em um dos jogadores conseguir retirar todas as pedras sem que o adversário consiga tirar nenhuma, partida com maior valor em uma ganga (máximo de pontos convencionados)
- 3o tabuleiro em que se disputa esse jogo, composto por quatro campos com seis casas cada um
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); 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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Using “gamão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-M-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.