mancha
/ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/
The verdict
“mancha” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,658
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - defeito; imperfeição; labéu; laivo; nódoa; mácula; malha; pinta
Corpus desk
Index PT-mancha · mancha · Portuguese
mancha · rank #7,658 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,658
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH maré
Nearest frequency peer: maré (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “mancha”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- lealdade
lealdade
92,347 corpus weight
- leilão
leilão
92,346 corpus weight
- mancha
mancha
92,343 corpus weight
- maré
maré
92,342 corpus weight
- Matthew
Matthew
92,341 corpus weight
- montado
montado
92,338 corpus weight
What this shows “mancha” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | mancha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “mancha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around mancha (IPA /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,658 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mancha, with forms such as "amncha", "macnha", and "mancah". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "minha", "manhã", "marca", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mancha, spelled M-A-N-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1defeito; imperfeição; labéu; laivo; nódoa; mácula; malha; pinta
- 2doença do tabaco
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mancha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por mais títulos que conquistem, ninguém apaga essa mancha.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amncha
- macnha
- mancah
- manccha
- manchha
- manhca
- manncha
- mmancha
- mnacha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mancha - 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.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).