maricas
/mɐ.ˈɾi.kɐʃ/
The verdict
“maricas” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,409 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,409
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - medroso
Corpus desk
Index PT-maricas · maricas · Portuguese
maricas · rank #70,409 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,409
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH manuseamento
Nearest frequency peer: manuseamento (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “maricas”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- lixívia
lixívia
29,607 corpus weight
- manuseamento
manuseamento
29,595 corpus weight
- maricas
maricas
29,592 corpus weight
- meada
meada
29,586 corpus weight
- mecenato
mecenato
29,584 corpus weight
- mentol
mentol
29,579 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “maricas” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maricas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɐ.ˈɾi.kɐʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “maricas” em português
Rare enough to double-check
maricas is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,409 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɐ.ˈɾi.kɐʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for maricas in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is maricas, spelled M-A-R-I-C-A-S.
Definition
- 1medroso
- 2efeminado
- 3homossexual masculino
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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