mansidão

noun

The verdict

“mansidão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,981 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,981
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - brandura de gênio

Corpus desk

Index PT-mansidao · mansidão · Portuguese

mansidão · rank #68,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,981
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH légua

Nearest frequency peer: légua (-7 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 “mansidão”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mansidão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mansidão
PropertyValue
Headwordmansidão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,981
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mansidão” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).mansidãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “légua” (#68,974), “mosqueteiro” (#69,004), “lent” (#68,956). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mansidão” fica em #68,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mansidão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,981 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

mansidão has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is mansidão, spelled M-A-N-S-I-D-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    brandura de gênio
  2. 2
    índole pacífica

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O polvo, com aquele seu capelo na cabeça, parece um monge; com aqueles seus raios estendidos, parece uma estrela; com aquele não ter osso nem espinha, parece a mesma brandura, a mesma mansidão.

Synonyms

mansedumemansidademansuetude

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 "mansidão"?
"mansidão" is spelled M-A-N-S-I-D-Ã-O.
What does "mansidão" mean?
As a noun, "mansidão" means: brandura de gênio
What language does "mansidão" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list