merlão
/mer.'loŋ/
The verdict
“merlão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ruivo (Chelidonichthys lucerna)
Corpus desk
Index PT-merlao · merlão · Portuguese
merlão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merlão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mer.'loŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “merlão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
merlão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /mer.'loŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for merlão, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is merlão, spelled M-E-R-L-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ruivo (Chelidonichthys lucerna)
- 2bodião-fusco, (Labrus merula)
- 3bodião-verde, (Thalassoma pavo)
- 4espécie de bodião (Symphodus tinca)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.