mamute

//mɐ.ˈmu.tɨ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,564

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

mamute is aPortuguesenoun. It means: grande mamífero extinto, adaptado ao frio e aparentado do elefante Pronounced /mɐ.ˈmu.tɨ/. Often confused with mate and Marte.

Key facts for mamute
PropertyValue
Headwordmamute
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɐ.ˈmu.tɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,564
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mamute in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mamute is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐ.ˈmu.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,564 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "grande mamífero extinto, adaptado ao frio e aparentado do elefante".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for mamute, with forms such as "ammute", "mammute", and "mamtue". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "mate", "Marte", "maquete", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mamute, spelled M-A-M-U-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande mamífero extinto, adaptado ao frio e aparentado do elefante

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ammute,mammute,mamtue,mamuet,mamutte,maumte,mmamute,mmaute

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mamute

Misspelling Variants of "mamute"

ammute6mammute7mamtue6mamuet6mamutte7maumte6mmamute7mmaute6
Misspelling Variants of "mamute"

Frequency rank: #27,564 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mamute"?
"mamute" is spelled M-A-M-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /mɐ.ˈmu.tɨ/.
What does "mamute" mean?
As a noun, "mamute" means: grande mamífero extinto, adaptado ao frio e aparentado do elefante
What words are commonly confused with "mamute"?
"mamute" is commonly confused with "mate", "Marte", "maquete". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mamute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mamute" is /mɐ.ˈmu.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mamute" come from?
"mamute" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.