manes

noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for manes
PropertyValue
Headwordmanes
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#97,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “manes” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).manescai 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: “marmeleiro” (#97,930), “lácteo” (#97,908), “medianamente” (#97,945). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “manes” fica em #97,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    almas dos mortos consideradas como divindades (entre os romanos)
  2. 2
    deuses 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manes"?
"manes" is spelled M-A-N-E-S.
What does "manes" mean?
As a noun, "manes" means: almas dos mortos consideradas como divindades (entre os romanos)
What language does "manes" come from?
"manes" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list