manes
The verdict
“manes” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,926 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,926
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - almas dos mortos consideradas como divindades (entre os romanos)
Corpus desk
Index PT-manes · manes · Portuguese
manes · rank #97,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,926
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH marmeleiro
Nearest frequency peer: marmeleiro (+4 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 “manes”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ligeireza
ligeireza
2,102 corpus weight
- lácteo
lácteo
2,093 corpus weight
- manes
manes
2,075 corpus weight
- marmeleiro
marmeleiro
2,071 corpus weight
- medianamente
medianamente
2,056 corpus weight
- metralhar
metralhar
2,049 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “manes” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manes |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “manes” em português
Rare enough to double-check
manes is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,926 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for manes in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is manes, spelled M-A-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1almas dos mortos consideradas como divindades (entre os romanos)
- 2deuses inferiores do paganismo
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).