maionese
/maj.ɔ.ˈnɛ.zɨ/
The verdict
“maionese” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,111
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - molho frio bem batido feito de óleo, vinagre, gemas de ovos, sal e especiarias
Corpus desk
Index PT-maionese · maionese · Portuguese
maionese · rank #16,111 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,111
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH merecido
Nearest frequency peer: merecido (+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 “maionese”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- laje
laje
83,899 corpus weight
- longevidade
longevidade
83,895 corpus weight
- maionese
maionese
83,890 corpus weight
- merecido
merecido
83,886 corpus weight
- milk
milk
83,884 corpus weight
- movimentado
movimentado
83,882 corpus weight
What this shows “maionese” 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 | maionese |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maj.ɔ.ˈnɛ.zɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “maionese”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around maionese (IPA /maj.ɔ.ˈnɛ.zɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,111 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for maionese, with forms such as "amionese", "mainoese", and "maioense". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "marionete", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is maionese, spelled M-A-I-O-N-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1molho frio bem batido feito de óleo, vinagre, gemas de ovos, sal e especiarias
- 2iguaria com esse molho
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amionese
- mainoese
- maioense
- maionees
- maionesse
- maionnese
- maionsee
- maoinese
- miaonese
- mmaionese
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maionese - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "maionese", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).