malhão

/ma.'ʎoŋ/

//ma.'ʎoŋ// noun

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The verdict

“malhão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,087 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,087
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - marco, fito, baliza

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)

Where “malhão” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). malhão lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malhão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,087 among 2,261 “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.
What language does "malhão" come from?
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Using “malhão”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-L-H-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ma.'ʎoŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list