mancar

/mɐ̃.ˈkaɾ/

//mɐ̃.ˈkaɾ// verb

The verdict

“mancar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,669 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,669
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - coxear, manquejar

Corpus desk

Index PT-mancar · mancar · Portuguese

mancar · rank #63,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,669
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mamografia

Nearest frequency peer: mamografia (-1 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 “mancar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mancar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mancar
PropertyValue
Headwordmancar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/mɐ̃.ˈkaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mancar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).mancarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “mamografia” (#63,668), “maconheiro” (#63,666), “matadora” (#63,680). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mancar” fica em #63,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mancar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,669 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /mɐ̃.ˈkaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mancar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is mancar, spelled M-A-N-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    coxear, manquejar
  2. 2
    aleijar, fazer manco
  3. 3
    notar que se está a ser inconveniente; se importar ou passar a se importar com o fato de ser inconveniente e assim parar de causar a inconveniência

Synonyms

claudicarcoxearmanquejaraleijarestropiarmutilardesconfiarenxergar-setocar-se

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 "mancar"?
"mancar" is spelled M-A-N-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /mɐ̃.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "mancar" mean?
As a verb, "mancar" means: coxear, manquejar
How do you pronounce "mancar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mancar" is /mɐ̃.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mancar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list