maranhão

//ma.ɾa.'ɲoŋ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,494

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

maranhão is anPortugueseadj. It means: selvagem, montês, mui bravo Pronounced /ma.ɾa.'ɲoŋ/. It ranks #3,494 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with marinha and marinho.

Key facts for maranhão
PropertyValue
Headwordmaranhão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ma.ɾa.'ɲoŋ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,494
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of maranhão in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for maranhão is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ma.ɾa.'ɲoŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,494 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for maranhão, with forms such as "amranhão", "maarnhão", and "marahnão". 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", "marinho", 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 maranhão, spelled M-A-R-A-N-H-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    selvagem, montês, mui bravo
  2. 2
    depreciativo para uma mulher grossa e descuidada

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amranhão,maarnhão,marahnão,maranhhão,maranhoã,marannhão,maranãho,marnahão,marranhão,mmaranhão,mraanhão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for maranhão

Misspelling Variants of "maranhão"

amranhão8maarnhão8marahnão8maranhhão9maranhoã8marannhão9maranãho8marnahão8
Misspelling Variants of "maranhão"

Frequency rank: #3,494 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maranhão"?
"maranhão" is spelled M-A-R-A-N-H-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ma.ɾa.'ɲoŋ/.
What does "maranhão" mean?
As an adj, "maranhão" means: selvagem, montês, mui bravo
What words are commonly confused with "maranhão"?
"maranhão" is commonly confused with "marinha", "marinho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maranhão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maranhão" is /ma.ɾa.'ɲoŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maranhão" come from?
"maranhão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.