mácula
/ˈma.ku.lɐ/
The verdict
“mácula” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,669 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,669
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mancha
Corpus desk
Index PT-macula · mácula · Portuguese
mácula · rank #58,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,669
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH necrópole
Nearest frequency peer: necrópole (+5 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “mácula”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- microproces…
microprocessador
41,342 corpus weight
- minority
minority
41,339 corpus weight
- moqueca
moqueca
41,338 corpus weight
- mácula
mácula
41,332 corpus weight
- necrópole
necrópole
41,327 corpus weight
- nomi
nomi
41,324 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mácula” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mácula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈma.ku.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mácula” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mácula is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,669 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈma.ku.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
mácula doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is mácula, spelled M-Á-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1mancha
- 2desdoiro
- 3infâmia
- 4labéu
- 5estigma
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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