mais ou menos
The verdict
“mais ou menos” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - razoavelmente, um pouco
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mais ou menos |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mais ou menos” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mais ou menos is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "razoavelmente, um pouco".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mais ou menos, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is mais ou menos, spelled M-A-I-S- -O-U- -M-E-N-O-S.
Definition
- 1razoavelmente, um pouco
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mais ou menos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-I-S- -O-U- -M-E-N-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.