manto
The verdict
“manto” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,079 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,079
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - capa de grande cauda e roda, presa aos ombros, usado por soberanos, príncipes, cavaleiros de ordens militares etc., em cerimônias solenes
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) |
Where “manto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for manto is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #8,079 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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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Using “manto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “mão” - see the side-by-side comparison. manto vs mão
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.