marão
/ma.'ɾoŋ/ (marão); /ma.'ɾons/, /ma.'ɾos/, /ma.'ɾois/, (marões).
The verdict
“marão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,721 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,721
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - masculino, macho
Corpus desk
Index PT-marao · marão · Portuguese
marão · rank #69,721 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,721
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH meal
Nearest frequency peer: meal (+4 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “marão”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- láctico
láctico
30,288 corpus weight
- léu
léu
30,287 corpus weight
- marão
marão
30,280 corpus weight
- meal
meal
30,276 corpus weight
- microbiota
microbiota
30,265 corpus weight
- mors
mors
30,257 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “marão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ma.'ɾoŋ/ (marão); /ma.'ɾons/, /ma.'ɾos/, /ma.'ɾois/, (marões). |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “marão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
marão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,721 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ma.'ɾoŋ/ (marão); /ma.'ɾons/, /ma.'ɾos/, /ma.'ɾois/, (marões).. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for marão in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is marão, spelled M-A-R-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1masculino, macho
- 2que está sem castrar, referido aos machos
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"A vaca maroa não emprenha."
"Boi marão, orneão."
Synonyms
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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