minus
The verdict
“minus” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,379 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,379
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - menos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minus |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “minus” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
minus is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,379 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "menos".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for minus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is minus, spelled M-I-N-U-S.
Definition
- 1menos
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 “minus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-I-N-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.