Grande Maçã
The verdict
“Grande Maçã” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - apelido da cidade de Nova Iorque
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grande Maçã |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grande Maçã” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Grande Maçã is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "apelido da cidade de Nova Iorque".
Zero misspellings are on record for Grande Maçã in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Grande Maçã, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -M-A-Ç-Ã.
Definition
- 1apelido da cidade de Nova Iorque
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.
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Using “Grande Maçã”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-R-A-N-D-E- -M-A-Ç-Ã - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.