matulão
/ma.tu.'laŋ/
The verdict
“matulão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa grosseira, reles
Corpus desk
Index PT-matulao · matulão · Portuguese
matulão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matulão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ma.tu.'laŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “matulão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
matulão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ma.tu.'laŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa grosseira, reles".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for matulão, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is matulão, spelled M-A-T-U-L-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1pessoa grosseira, reles
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.