gamão

//ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,147

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gamão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: 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... Pronounced /ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃].

Key facts for gamão
PropertyValue
Headwordgamão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Letters5
Frequency rank#59,147
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gamão in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for gamão is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,147 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for gamão in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is gamão, spelled G-A-M-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 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
  2. 2
    o 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)
  3. 3
    o tabuleiro em que se disputa esse jogo, composto por quatro campos com seis casas cada um

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #59,147 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gamão"?
"gamão" is spelled G-A-M-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃].
What does "gamão" mean?
As a noun, "gamão" means: 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...
How do you pronounce "gamão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gamão" is /ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gamão" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.