mentol
The verdict
“mentol” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,422 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,422
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - composto orgânico cristalino, de fórmula química C₁₀H₂₀O, obtido principalmente da hortelã e responsável pela sensação de frescor característica
Corpus desk
Index PT-mentol · mentol · Portuguese
mentol · rank #70,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,422
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mecenato
Nearest frequency peer: mecenato (-5 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 “mentol”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- maricas
maricas
29,592 corpus weight
- meada
meada
29,586 corpus weight
- mecenato
mecenato
29,584 corpus weight
- mentol
mentol
29,579 corpus weight
- moela
moela
29,569 corpus weight
- montanhista
montanhista
29,566 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mentol” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mentol |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mentol” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mentol is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,422 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mentol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is mentol, spelled M-E-N-T-O-L.
Definition
- 1composto orgânico cristalino, de fórmula química C₁₀H₂₀O, obtido principalmente da hortelã e responsável pela sensação de frescor característica
- 2substância empregada em medicamentos, cosméticos e produtos de higiene, com efeito refrescante, analgésico e descongestionante
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mentol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O mentol é usado em balas e pastilhas para aliviar a irritação da garganta
O creme com mentol ajudou a reduzir a dor muscular
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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