mandioca

noun

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The verdict

“mandioca” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,753
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tubérculo da mandioqueira empregado na alimentação; cultiva-se facilmente em regiões semi-áridas; alimento preferencial de populações pobres em África; é uma raiz com alto valor energético; possui ...

Corpus desk

Index PT-mandioca · mandioca · Portuguese

mandioca · rank #10,753 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,753
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mascote

Nearest frequency peer: mascote (+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 “mandioca”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mandioca” 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
Key facts for mandioca
PropertyValue
Headwordmandioca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,753
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mandioca”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).mandiocacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mascote” (#10,756), “melodia” (#10,757), “Lorenzo” (#10,747). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mandioca” fica em #10,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mandioca, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,753 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mandioca, with forms such as "amndioca", "madnioca", and "manddioca". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is mandioca, spelled M-A-N-D-I-O-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    tubérculo da mandioqueira empregado na alimentação; cultiva-se facilmente em regiões semi-áridas; alimento preferencial de populações pobres em África; é uma raiz com alto valor energético; possui sais minerais e vitaminas do complexo B
  2. 2
    mandioca-brava
  3. 3
    pênis

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. É óbvio que houve um aumento generalizado dos preços dos alimentos, inclusive o chuchu, mas o chuchu, a batata-inglesa, a mandioca não têm peso significativo para o cálculo do IPCA.
  2. Quem tem uma mariasinha linda para si não precisa de mandioca.

This word in other languages

cassava(English)casabe(Español)manioc(Français)Maniok(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amndioca
  • madnioca
  • manddioca
  • mandicoa
  • mandioac
  • mandiocca
  • mandoica
  • manidoca
  • manndioca
  • mmandioca
  • mnadioca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mandioca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amndioca2madnioca2manddioca1mandicoa2mandioac2mandiocca1mandoica2manidoca2
Edit distance from "mandioca"

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 "mandioca"?
"mandioca" is spelled M-A-N-D-I-O-C-A.
What does "mandioca" mean?
As a noun, "mandioca" means: tubérculo da mandioqueira empregado na alimentação; cultiva-se facilmente em regiões semi-áridas; alimento preferencial de populações pobres em África; é uma raiz com alto valor energético; possui ...
What are common misspellings of "mandioca"?
Common misspellings include "amndioca", "madnioca", "manddioca", "mandicoa", "mandioac". The correct spelling is "mandioca".
What language does "mandioca" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

logotipo#10,746folclore#10,723abolição#10,815acústico#10,820

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

submissão11 variantscapacete11 variantsassistido11 variantscomunhão11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list