manicura
/mɐ.ni.ˈku.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“manicura” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,123 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,123
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - profissão de mulher que trata das mãos e das unhas (das mãos) de outrem
Corpus desk
Index PT-manicura · manicura · Portuguese
manicura · rank #74,123 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,123
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH matariam
Nearest frequency peer: matariam (+5 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 “manicura”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- logaritmo
logaritmo
25,894 corpus weight
- manicura
manicura
25,878 corpus weight
- matariam
matariam
25,873 corpus weight
- meiguice
meiguice
25,868 corpus weight
- mercantilis…
mercantilismo
25,866 corpus weight
- miar
miar
25,862 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “manicura” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manicura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɐ.ni.ˈku.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “manicura” em português
Rare enough to double-check
manicura is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,123 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɐ.ni.ˈku.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "profissão de mulher que trata das mãos e das unhas (das mãos) de outrem".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for manicura, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 manicura, spelled M-A-N-I-C-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1profissão de mulher que trata das mãos e das unhas (das mãos) de outrem
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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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