mamão

adj

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The verdict

“mamão” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,399. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,399
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que mama muito

Corpus desk

Index PT-mamao · mamão · Portuguese

mamão · rank #23,399 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,399
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH magnata

Nearest frequency peer: magnata (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “mamão”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “mamão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mamão vs mão
60% similar
mamão vs mata
40% similar
mamão vs mato
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mamão
PropertyValue
Headwordmamão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,399
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mamão”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.mamãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “magnata” (#23,396), “meeting” (#23,406), “lide” (#23,388). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mamão” fica em #23,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mamão, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,399 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mamão, with forms such as "ammão", "mammão", and "mamoã". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mão", "mata", "mato", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is mamão, spelled M-A-M-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que mama muito
  2. 2
    que ainda está em idade de amamentação
  3. 3
    que é improdutivo (esp. na agricultura)
  4. 4
    que parasita, oportunista
  5. 5
    comilão
  6. 6
    tubarão-frade (Cetorhinus maximus)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mamão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Esse bezerro é mais mamão do que aquele.
  2. Podes cortar esse galho mamão sem medo de perderes frutos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammão
  • mammão
  • mamoã
  • maãmo
  • mmamão
  • mmaão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mamão - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ammão2mammão1mamoã2maãmo2mmamão1mmaão2
Edit distance from "mamão"

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 "mamão"?
"mamão" is spelled M-A-M-Ã-O.
What does "mamão" mean?
As an adjective, "mamão" means: que mama muito
What words are commonly confused with "mamão"?
"mamão" is commonly confused with "mão", "mata", "mato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mamão" come from?
"mamão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

múmia#23,420noise#23,423pasto#23,436risca#23,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

hurt6 variantspush6 variantsduck6 variantsbetão6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list