maçarico

noun

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The verdict

“maçarico” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,542
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - canudo retorcido, por onde sai a chama, que há de soldar ou derreter um metal

Corpus desk

Index PT-macarico · maçarico · Portuguese

maçarico · rank #36,542 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,542
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mein

Nearest frequency peer: mein (+3 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 “maçarico”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “maçarico” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

maçarico vs maciço
50% similar
maçarico vs macarrão
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for maçarico
PropertyValue
Headwordmaçarico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,542
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “maçarico”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).maçaricocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mein” (#36,545), “mask” (#36,537), “Manitoba” (#36,535). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “maçarico” fica em #36,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around maçarico, anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,542 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for maçarico, with forms such as "amçarico", "maaçrico", and "maçairco". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "maciço", "macarrão", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is maçarico, spelled M-A-Ç-A-R-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    canudo retorcido, por onde sai a chama, que há de soldar ou derreter um metal
  2. 2
    ave aquática pernalta
  3. 3
    lebracho com malha branca na testa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how maçarico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Os assaltantes renderam os quatro vigilantes e utilizaram um maçarico para abrir o cofre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amçarico
  • maaçrico
  • maçairco
  • maçarcio
  • maçaricco
  • maçarioc
  • maçarrico
  • maçraico
  • mmaçarico
  • mçaarico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maçarico - 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.

amçarico2maaçrico2maçairco2maçarcio2maçaricco1maçarioc2maçarrico1maçraico2
Edit distance from "maçarico"

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

How do you spell "maçarico"?
"maçarico" is spelled M-A-Ç-A-R-I-C-O.
What does "maçarico" mean?
As a noun, "maçarico" means: canudo retorcido, por onde sai a chama, que há de soldar ou derreter um metal
What words are commonly confused with "maçarico"?
"maçarico" is commonly confused with "maciço", "macarrão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "maçarico" come from?
"maçarico" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maçarico", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Manitoba#36,535gasoduto#36,470rebentar#36,614erudição#36,446

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

malhado10 variantsmixagem10 variantspelagem10 variantsprofano10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list