mexilhão
/mɨ.ʃi.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“mexilhão” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #56,850 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,850
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - molusco lamelibrânquio comestível da família dos Mitilídeos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mexilhão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɨ.ʃi.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mexilhão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mexilhão is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɨ.ʃi.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #56,850 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "molusco lamelibrânquio comestível da família dos Mitilídeos".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mexilhão, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is mexilhão, spelled M-E-X-I-L-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1molusco lamelibrânquio comestível da família dos Mitilídeos
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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Using “mexilhão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-X-I-L-H-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɨ.ʃi.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/ (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.