melaço

noun

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The verdict

“melaço” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,638 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,638
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - líquido viscoso resultante da cristalização do açúcar

Corpus desk

Index PT-melaco · melaço · Portuguese

melaço · rank #50,638 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,638
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH leer

Nearest frequency peer: leer (-28 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 “melaço”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for melaço
PropertyValue
Headwordmelaço
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,638
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “melaço” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “leer” (#50,610), “langue” (#50,607), “lacaio” (#50,604). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “melaço” fica em #50,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

melaço is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,638 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "líquido viscoso resultante da cristalização do açúcar".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for melaço, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is melaço, spelled M-E-L-A-Ç-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    líquido viscoso resultante da cristalização do açúcar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O decreto define também o que é aguardente de melaço, de cereal, de vegetal e de rapadura ou melaço.

This word in other languages

molasses(English)melaza(Español)mélasse(Français)Melasse(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 "melaço"?
"melaço" is spelled M-E-L-A-Ç-O.
What does "melaço" mean?
As a noun, "melaço" means: líquido viscoso resultante da cristalização do açúcar
What language does "melaço" come from?
"melaço" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

langue#50,607lacaio#50,604osmose#50,680pasión#50,689

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list