maçante
The verdict
“maçante” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,003. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,003
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enfadonho; chato
Corpus desk
Index PT-macante · maçante · Portuguese
maçante · rank #48,003 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,003
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH meridiano
Nearest frequency peer: meridiano (+4 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “maçante”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- maçante
maçante
51,998 corpus weight
- meridiano
meridiano
51,994 corpus weight
- metafísico
metafísico
51,993 corpus weight
- metrologia
metrologia
51,992 corpus weight
- molecada
molecada
51,984 corpus weight
- monocultura
monocultura
51,982 corpus weight
What this shows “maçante” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | maçante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “maçante”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around maçante, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,003 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "enfadonho; chato".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for maçante, with forms such as "amçante", "maaçnte", and "maçanet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "mirante", "marcante", "mercante", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is maçante, spelled M-A-Ç-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1enfadonho; chato
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maçante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No original, o mundo friedmaniano é "flat", que, em inglês, tanto quer dizer plano, liso, achatado, sem desigualdades, como chato, maçante e trivial.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amçante
- maaçnte
- maçanet
- maçannte
- maçantte
- maçatne
- maçnate
- mmaçante
- mçaante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maçante - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maçante", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).