mentol

noun

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The verdict

“mentol” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,422 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,422
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - composto orgânico cristalino, de fórmula química C₁₀H₂₀O, obtido principalmente da hortelã e responsável pela sensação de frescor característica

Key facts for mentol
PropertyValue
Headwordmentol
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,422
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mentol” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mentol lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mentol is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,422 among 2,261 “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

  1. 1
    composto orgânico cristalino, de fórmula química C₁₀H₂₀O, obtido principalmente da hortelã e responsável pela sensação de frescor característica
  2. 2
    substância empregada em medicamentos, cosméticos e produtos de higiene, com efeito refrescante, analgésico e descongestionante

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 "mentol"?
"mentol" is spelled M-E-N-T-O-L.
What does "mentol" mean?
As a noun, "mentol" means: composto orgânico cristalino, de fórmula química C₁₀H₂₀O, obtido principalmente da hortelã e responsável pela sensação de frescor característica
What language does "mentol" come from?
"mentol" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “mentol”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-N-T-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list