mãozinha
The verdict
“mãozinha” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #21,522 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,522
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: diminutivo de mão
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mãozinha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲɐ/ [ˌmɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃ɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mãozinha” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mãozinha is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌmɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲɐ/ [ˌmɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃ɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,522 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "diminutivo de mão".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mãozinha, with forms such as "mmãozinha", "moãzinha", and "mãoiznha". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "marinha", "madrinha", 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 mãozinha, spelled M-Ã-O-Z-I-N-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1diminutivo de mão
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmãozinha,moãzinha,mãoiznha,mãozihna,mãozinah,mãozinhha,mãozinnha,mãozniha,mãozzinha,mãzoinha,ãmozinha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mãozinha — 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 "mãozinha"
Frequency rank: #21,522 in Portuguese
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Using “mãozinha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-Ã-O-Z-I-N-H-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲɐ/ [ˌmɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃ɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “marinha” — see the side-by-side comparison. mãozinha vs marinha
- 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: