macaca
The verdict
“macaca” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,268. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,268
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jogo infantil sobre uma figura geométrica riscada no chão, com quadrinhos sobre os que se avança tirando uma pedra
Corpus desk
Index PT-macaca · macaca · Portuguese
macaca · rank #28,268 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,268
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH lúcido
Nearest frequency peer: lúcido (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “macaca”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- listen
listen
71,741 corpus weight
- londrino
londrino
71,738 corpus weight
- lúcido
lúcido
71,734 corpus weight
- macaca
macaca
71,733 corpus weight
- manejar
manejar
71,727 corpus weight
- mangue
mangue
71,726 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “macaca” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macaca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “macaca” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around macaca, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,268 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for macaca, with forms such as "amcaca", "maacca", and "macaac". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "marca", "Macau", "mágica", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is macaca, spelled M-A-C-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1jogo infantil sobre uma figura geométrica riscada no chão, com quadrinhos sobre os que se avança tirando uma pedra
- 2tipo de primata do gênero Macaca
- 3mau humor
- 4chicote, chibata
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how macaca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ela acordou com a macaca.
Para estes a vara de ferrão, e a macaca para os do coice.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amcaca
- maacca
- macaac
- macacca
- maccaa
- maccaca
- mcaaca
- mmacaca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of macaca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "macaca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "macaca". Here's where to go from here.
- "macaca" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "marca". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #28,268 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.