manto
The verdict
“manto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,079
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - capa de grande cauda e roda, presa aos ombros, usado por soberanos, príncipes, cavaleiros de ordens militares etc., em cerimônias solenes
Corpus desk
Index PT-manto · manto · Portuguese
manto · rank #8,079 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,079
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH manobra
Nearest frequency peer: manobra (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “manto”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- influenciar
influenciar
91,937 corpus weight
- injusto
injusto
91,935 corpus weight
- lembrado
lembrado
91,928 corpus weight
- manobra
manobra
91,923 corpus weight
- manto
manto
91,922 corpus weight
- quadrado
quadrado
91,904 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “manto” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “manto” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around manto, anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,079 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for manto, with forms such as "amnto", "mannto", and "manot". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mão", "mat", "mata", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 manto, spelled M-A-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1capa de grande cauda e roda, presa aos ombros, usado por soberanos, príncipes, cavaleiros de ordens militares etc., em cerimônias solenes
- 2veste feminina, larga, comprida e sem mangas, usado por cima do vestido, que pode cobrir inclusive a cabeça, cingida pela cintura
- 3(Derivação: por analogia) hábito com feitio semelhante ao dessa veste, que algumas religiosas usam até hoje
- 4(Derivação: por analogia) véu preto que, de tão longo, chegava a arrastar pelo chão, usado outrora pelas mulheres da nobreza em sinal de luto
- 5(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) o que cobre; revestimento
- 6(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) ausência de luz, de claridade; escuridão, trevas
- 7(Derivação: sentido figurado) motivo que se declara para ocultar a verdadeira razão de (algo); alegação, disfarce, pretexto
- 8dobra do tegumento de moluscos e braquiópodes, responsável pela secreção da concha e pela formação da cavidade do manto; pálio
- 9carapaça das cracas
- 10parede do corpo das ascídias, situada entre a túnica e a cavidade atrial
- 11(Derivação: por analogia) pelagem, plumagem ou região do dorso dos animais, cuja cor difere do restante do corpo
- 12ornato exterior dos brasões de reis, infantes, duques, marqueses, condes, pares e grã-cruzes de ordens de cavalaria
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O manto verde das pastagens.
O manto da noite descia pelos vales.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amnto
- mannto
- manot
- mantto
- matno
- mmanto
- mnato
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "manto", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "manto". Here's where to go from here.
- "manto" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mão". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,079 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.