mãos
The verdict
“mãos” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #761 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #761
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: plural de mão
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mãos |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɐ̃w̃ʃ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mãos” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mãos is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɐ̃w̃ʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #761 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural de mão".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mãos, with forms such as "mmãos", "moãs", and "mãoss". 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, "mo", "mas", "mês", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mãos, spelled M-Ã-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1plural de mão
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmãos,moãs,mãoss,mãso,ãmos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mãos — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "mãos"
Frequency rank: #761 in Portuguese
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Using “mãos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-Ã-O-S — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɐ̃w̃ʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mo” — see the side-by-side comparison. mãos vs mo
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index: