macadame
The verdict
“macadame” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - processo de revestimento de ruas e estradas que consiste numa mistura de pedras britadas, breu e areia, submetida à forte compressão
Corpus desk
Index PT-macadame · macadame · Portuguese
macadame · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macadame |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “macadame” em português
Rare enough to double-check
macadame is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for macadame, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is macadame, spelled M-A-C-A-D-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1processo de revestimento de ruas e estradas que consiste numa mistura de pedras britadas, breu e areia, submetida à forte compressão
- 2essa mistura
- 3estrada, rua, revestida com essa mistura
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how macadame appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ruas de macadame.
A nossa frente o macadame se estendia numa reta a perder de vista.
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.