Menelau
/me.neˈlaw/ [me.neˈlaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Menelau” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,998 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,998
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - na mitologia grega, rei de Esparta , marido de Helena e irmão de Agamemnon
Corpus desk
Index PT-menelau · Menelau · Portuguese
Menelau · rank #62,998 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,998
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH merecidamente
Nearest frequency peer: merecidamente (+1 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 “Menelau”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- legar
legar
37,040 corpus weight
- levitar
levitar
37,036 corpus weight
- marasmo
marasmo
37,013 corpus weight
- meirinho
meirinho
37,005 corpus weight
- Menelau
Menelau
37,003 corpus weight
- merecidamen…
merecidamente
37,002 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Menelau” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menelau |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /me.neˈlaw/ [me.neˈlaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Menelau” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Menelau is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,998 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /me.neˈlaw/ [me.neˈlaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "na mitologia grega, rei de Esparta , marido de Helena e irmão de Agamemnon".
Menelau has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Menelau, spelled M-E-N-E-L-A-U.
Definition
- 1na mitologia grega, rei de Esparta , marido de Helena e irmão de Agamemnon
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Menelau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Menelau ouviu constrangido a explicação de Helena, pois não havia pensado em salvá-la quando se dispusera a enfrentar Páris.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).