Měsíc

//ˈmɲɛsiːt͡s/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ noun

The verdict

“Měsíc” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
5
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Lua

Key facts for Měsíc
PropertyValue
HeadwordMěsíc
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmɲɛsiːt͡s/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Měsíc” sits in Portuguese frequency

Měsíc falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Měsíc is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɲɛsiːt͡s/ ouvir^(fonte ?). It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lua".

No misspelling variants are generated for Měsíc in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is Měsíc, spelled M-Ě-S-Í-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lua

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Měsíc"?
"Měsíc" is spelled M-Ě-S-Í-C. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɲɛsiːt͡s/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "Měsíc" mean?
As a noun, "Měsíc" means: Lua
How do you pronounce "Měsíc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Měsíc" is /ˈmɲɛsiːt͡s/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Měsíc" come from?
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Using “Měsíc”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-Ě-S-Í-C — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈmɲɛsiːt͡s/ ouvir^(fonte ?) (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.