maman
/mamɑ̃/
The verdict
“maman” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,507 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,507
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mamã
Corpus desk
Index PT-maman · maman · Portuguese
maman · rank #76,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,507
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mantimento
Nearest frequency peer: mantimento (+3 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 “maman”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Krieg
Krieg
23,527 corpus weight
- lagostim
lagostim
23,522 corpus weight
- maman
maman
23,494 corpus weight
- mantimento
mantimento
23,491 corpus weight
- mofado
mofado
23,470 corpus weight
- morosidade
morosidade
23,466 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “maman” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maman |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mamɑ̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “maman” em português
Rare enough to double-check
maman is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,507 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mamɑ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mamã".
No misspelling variants are generated for maman in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is maman, spelled M-A-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1mamã
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
le chéri à sa maman
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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