maciço

adj

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The verdict

“maciço” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,489
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - compacto; sem vazios internos

Corpus desk

Index PT-macico · maciço · Portuguese

maciço · rank #19,489 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,489
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH locomoção

Nearest frequency peer: locomoção (-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 “maciço”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “maciço” 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).

maciço vs maio
67% similar
maciço vs maço
67% similar
maciço vs marco
50% similar

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

Key facts for maciço
PropertyValue
Headwordmaciço
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,489
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “maciço”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).maciçocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “locomoção” (#19,485), “mastro” (#19,493), “locação” (#19,484). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “maciço” fica em #19,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around maciço, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,489 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for maciço, with forms such as "amciço", "macciço", and "macioç". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "maio", "maço", "marco", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is maciço, spelled M-A-C-I-Ç-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    compacto; sem vazios internos
  2. 2
    em grande quantidade

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ele me deu um relógio de ouro maciço.
  2. Entre os itens de consumo maciço das famílias e que influenciaram as altas estão alimentos, com alta de 0,64%, ante 0,11%, em setembro.

Antonyms

oco

This word in other languages

massive(English)masivo(Español)massif(Français)massiv(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amciço
  • macciço
  • macioç
  • macçio
  • maicço
  • mcaiço
  • mmaciço

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maciço - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amciço2macciço1macioç2macçio2maicço2mcaiço2mmaciço1
Edit distance from "maciço"

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 "maciço"?
"maciço" is spelled M-A-C-I-Ç-O.
What does "maciço" mean?
As an adjective, "maciço" means: compacto; sem vazios internos
What words are commonly confused with "maciço"?
"maciço" is commonly confused with "maio", "maço", "marco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "maciço" come from?
"maciço" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mastro#19,493medido#19,494jaguar#19,474olhado#19,511

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

horto7 variantstrote7 variantsvarrer7 variantszebra7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list