megalomaníaco
The verdict
“megalomaníaco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,342 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,342
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa que apresenta megalomania, caracterizada por uma visão exagerada de sua própria importância, poder ou grandeza.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | megalomaníaco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #77,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “megalomaníaco” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
megalomaníaco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,342 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for megalomaníaco in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is megalomaníaco, spelled M-E-G-A-L-O-M-A-N-Í-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1pessoa que apresenta megalomania, caracterizada por uma visão exagerada de sua própria importância, poder ou grandeza.
- 2indivíduo dominado por ambições desmedidas ou delírios de grandeza.
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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Using “megalomaníaco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-G-A-L-O-M-A-N-Í-A-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.