Maracanã
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
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estádio de futebol situado no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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 | Maracanã |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maracanã” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Maracanã, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,650 among 2,261 “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
- 1estádio de futebol situado no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- 2aldeia indígena urbana localizada no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- 3município brasileiro no estado do Pará
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.
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 “Maracanã”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-R-A-C-A-N-Ã - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “maratona” - see the side-by-side comparison. Maracanã vs maratona
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.