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 May 6, 2026) - processo de revestimento de ruas e estradas que consiste numa mistura de pedras britadas, breu e areia, submetida à forte compressão
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macadame |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “macadame” sits in Portuguese frequency
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
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 “macadame”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-C-A-D-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.