manhã
/mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/
The verdict
“manhã” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #428 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #428
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - período do dia entre o nascer-do-sol e o meio-dia
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 | manhã |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manhã” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for manhã is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #428 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "período do dia entre o nascer-do-sol e o meio-dia".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for manhã, with forms such as "amnhã", "mahnã", and "manhhã". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mata", "mapa", "mano", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is manhã, spelled M-A-N-H-Ã.
Definition
- 1período do dia entre o nascer-do-sol e o meio-dia
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnhã,mahnã,manhhã,mannhã,manãh,mmanhã,mnahã
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manhã - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “manhã”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-N-H-Ã - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mata” - see the side-by-side comparison. manhã vs mata
- 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.