manicure
The verdict
“manicure” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #22,717 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,717
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - profissional que cuida da saúde e do embelezamento das unhas das mãos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manicure |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manicure” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for manicure is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #22,717 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "profissional que cuida da saúde e do embelezamento das unhas das mãos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for manicure, with forms such as "amnicure", "maincure", and "manciure". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is manicure, spelled M-A-N-I-C-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1profissional que cuida da saúde e do embelezamento das unhas das mãos
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnicure,maincure,manciure,maniccure,manicrue,manicuer,manicurre,maniucre,mannicure,mmanicure,mnaicure
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manicure - 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 “manicure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-N-I-C-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.