mamona
The verdict
“mamona” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #42,548 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #42,548
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - semente da mamoneira (Ricinus communis L.) uma euforbiácea
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mamona |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mamona” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mamona is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #42,548 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "semente da mamoneira (Ricinus communis L.) uma euforbiácea".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for mamona, with forms such as "ammona", "mammona", and "mamnoa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mana", "mimosa", "marmota", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mamona, spelled M-A-M-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1semente da mamoneira (Ricinus communis L.) uma euforbiácea
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ammona,mammona,mamnoa,mamoan,mamonna,maomna,mmamona,mmaona
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mamona - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “mamona”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-M-O-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “mana” - see the side-by-side comparison. mamona vs mana
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.