manicômio
/mã.ni.ˈko.mju/
The verdict
“manicômio” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #36,104 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #36,104
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hospital ou asilo onde são tratadas pessoas com doenças mentais
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manicômio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mã.ni.ˈko.mju/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manicômio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for manicômio is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mã.ni.ˈko.mju/. Corpus data places it at rank #36,104 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "hospital ou asilo onde são tratadas pessoas com doenças mentais".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for manicômio, with forms such as "amnicômio", "maincômio", and "manciômio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is manicômio, spelled M-A-N-I-C-Ô-M-I-O.
Definition
- 1hospital ou asilo onde são tratadas pessoas com doenças mentais
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnicômio,maincômio,manciômio,maniccômio,manicmôio,manicôimo,manicômmio,manicômoi,maniôcmio,mannicômio,mmanicômio,mnaicômio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manicômio - 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 “manicômio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-N-I-C-Ô-M-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mã.ni.ˈko.mju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.