Maracanã

noun

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The verdict

“Maracanã” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,650. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,650
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estádio de futebol situado no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Corpus desk

Index PT-maracana · Maracanã · Portuguese

Maracanã · rank #5,650 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,650
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH melhoria

Nearest frequency peer: melhoria (+3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Maracanã”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “Maracanã” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Maracanã vs maratona
50% similar
Maracanã vs maracujá
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Maracanã
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaracanã
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,650
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Maracanã”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Maracanãcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “melhoria” (#5,653), “lentamente” (#5,646), “mestrado” (#5,654). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “Maracanã” fica em #5,650. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Maracanã, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,650 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maracanã, with forms such as "amracanã", "maarcanã", and "maraacnã". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "maratona", "maracujá", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Maracanã, spelled M-A-R-A-C-A-N-Ã.

Definition

  1. 1
    estádio de futebol situado no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  2. 2
    aldeia indígena urbana localizada no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  3. 3
    município brasileiro no estado do Pará

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O Flamengo também deixou escapar, no Maracanã, o título da Supercopa, torneio que reunia os campeões da Taça Libertadores.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amracanã
  • maarcanã
  • maraacnã
  • maracannã
  • maracaãn
  • maraccanã
  • maracnaã
  • marcaanã
  • marracanã
  • mmaracanã
  • mraacanã

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maracanã - 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.

amracanã2maarcanã2maraacnã2maracannã1maracaãn2maraccanã1maracnaã2marcaanã2
Edit distance from "Maracanã"

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 "Maracanã"?
"Maracanã" is spelled M-A-R-A-C-A-N-Ã.
What does "Maracanã" mean?
As a noun, "Maracanã" means: estádio de futebol situado no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
What words are commonly confused with "Maracanã"?
"Maracanã" is commonly confused with "maratona", "maracujá". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Maracanã" come from?
"Maracanã" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

melhoria#5,653mestrado#5,654national#5,661resistir#5,681

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

revelação11 variantstemática11 variantsascensão11 variantsalimento11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list