malhão

/ma.'ʎoŋ/

//ma.'ʎoŋ// noun

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The verdict

“malhão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,087 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,087
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - marco, fito, baliza

Corpus desk

Index PT-malhao · malhão · Portuguese

malhão · rank #92,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,087
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH maltrapilho

Nearest frequency peer: maltrapilho (+2 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 “malhão”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malhão
PropertyValue
Headwordmalhão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ma.'ʎoŋ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,087
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “malhão” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).malhãocai 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: “maltrapilho” (#92,089), “Marcin” (#92,095), “marmitex” (#92,101). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “malhão” fica em #92,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malhão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,087 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ma.'ʎoŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for malhão, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is malhão, spelled M-A-L-H-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    marco, fito, baliza
  2. 2
    boia que marca um lugar no mar
  3. 3
    cômaro, montículo, declive que separa propriedades agrícolas
  4. 4
    arredor de um terreno agrícola que é deixado sem lavrar
  5. 5
    giestas atadas que servem para fechar um portelo

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 "malhão"?
"malhão" is spelled M-A-L-H-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ma.'ʎoŋ/.
What does "malhão" mean?
As a noun, "malhão" means: marco, fito, baliza
How do you pronounce "malhão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malhão" is /ma.'ʎoŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Marcin#92,095hoodie#91,961plugar#92,220hablar#91,938

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list