mandioca
The verdict
“mandioca” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,753 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,753
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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 ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mandioca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mandioca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mandioca is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #10,753 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1tubérculo 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
- 2mandioca-brava
- 3pênis
This word in other languages
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.
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 “mandioca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-N-D-I-O-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.