macular

verb

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The verdict

“macular” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,312 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,312
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colocar manchas em; sujar

Corpus desk

Index PT-macular · macular · Portuguese

macular · rank #64,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,312
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH luque

Nearest frequency peer: luque (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “macular”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “macular” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for macular
PropertyValue
Headwordmacular
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,312
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “macular” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).macularcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “luque” (#64,308), “manifestamente” (#64,320), “marital” (#64,324). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “macular” fica em #64,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

macular is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,312 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for macular, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is macular, spelled M-A-C-U-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    colocar manchas em; sujar
  2. 2
    infamar, desdourar, enxovalhar, deslustrar.
  3. 3
    cair em desonra, deslustrar-se

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O negócio é que o Príncipe já convocou uma equipe de peritos para descobrir a melhor maneira de instalar os painéis solares ditos voltaicos em Clarence House sem macular a paisagem local ou ferir os olhos dos circunstantes...

This word in other languages

stain(English)macular(Español)salir(Français)

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 "macular"?
"macular" is spelled M-A-C-U-L-A-R.
What does "macular" mean?
As a verb, "macular" means: colocar manchas em; sujar
What language does "macular" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marital#64,324marmelo#64,325métrico#64,352obrador#64,373

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list