manicure

noun

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The verdict

“manicure” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,717
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - profissional que cuida da saúde e do embelezamento das unhas das mãos

Corpus desk

Index PT-manicure · manicure · Portuguese

manicure · rank #22,717 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,717
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH martírio

Nearest frequency peer: martírio (+1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “manicure”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “manicure” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for manicure
PropertyValue
Headwordmanicure
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,717
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “manicure”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).manicurecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “martírio” (#22,718), “maçonaria” (#22,719), “medidor” (#22,721). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “manicure” fica em #22,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around manicure, anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,717 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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

  1. 1
    profissional que cuida da saúde e do embelezamento das unhas das mãos

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how manicure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. De resto, Lineu continua firme no emprego de sanitarista, Nenê, como dona de casa, e Bebel (Guta Stresser), como manicure.
  2. 2019, Perry Brass, A Colheita, pag:?

Synonyms

manicura

This word in other languages

manicurist(English)manucure(Français)

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.

amnicure2maincure2manciure2maniccure1manicrue2manicuer2manicurre1maniucre2
Edit distance from "manicure"

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 "manicure"?
"manicure" is spelled M-A-N-I-C-U-R-E.
What does "manicure" mean?
As a noun, "manicure" means: profissional que cuida da saúde e do embelezamento das unhas das mãos
What are common misspellings of "manicure"?
Common misspellings include "amnicure", "maincure", "manciure", "maniccure", "manicrue". The correct spelling is "manicure".
What language does "manicure" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

martírio#22,718papelada#22,743imortais#22,680histeria#22,672

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

maçonaria11 variantsraridade11 variantsdiagonal11 variantsdescuido11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list