marasmo

/mɐ.ˈɾaʒ.mu/

//mɐ.ˈɾaʒ.mu// noun

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The verdict

“marasmo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,988 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,988
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tédio, vazio

Corpus desk

Index PT-marasmo · marasmo · Portuguese

marasmo · rank #62,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,988
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH meirinho

Nearest frequency peer: meirinho (+8 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 “marasmo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “marasmo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for marasmo
PropertyValue
Headwordmarasmo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɐ.ˈɾaʒ.mu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,988
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “marasmo” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).marasmocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “meirinho” (#62,996), “Menelau” (#62,998), “merecidamente” (#62,999). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “marasmo” fica em #62,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marasmo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,988 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɐ.ˈɾaʒ.mu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marasmo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is marasmo, spelled M-A-R-A-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    tédio, vazio
  2. 2
    doença causada por uma desnutrição proteico-calórica

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A recuperação do setor habitacional sucede-se ao marasmo que marcou a década de 90 e se estendeu até 2003.

This word in other languages

marasmus(English)marasmo(Español)Marasmus(Deutsch)

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 "marasmo"?
"marasmo" is spelled M-A-R-A-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is /mɐ.ˈɾaʒ.mu/.
What does "marasmo" mean?
As a noun, "marasmo" means: tédio, vazio
How do you pronounce "marasmo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marasmo" is /mɐ.ˈɾaʒ.mu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marasmo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Menelau#62,998levitar#62,965laundry#62,956Lacombe#62,952

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list