mofa
/ˈmɔ.fɐ/
The verdict
“mofa” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zombaria
Corpus desk
Index PT-mofa · mofa · Portuguese
mofa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | mofa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɔ.fɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mofa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mofa is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɔ.fɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zombaria".
Zero misspellings are on record for mofa in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is mofa, spelled M-O-F-A.
Definition
- 1zombaria
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mofa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A hilaridade aumentou e o Faisca enfureceu-se, chegando a ameaçar o caboclo, que lhe soma em ar de mofa.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.