mofado
The verdict
“mofado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,531 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,531
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que mofou
Corpus desk
Index PT-mofado · mofado · Portuguese
mofado · rank #76,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,531
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH morosidade
Nearest frequency peer: morosidade (+4 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “mofado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- maman
maman
23,494 corpus weight
- mantimento
mantimento
23,491 corpus weight
- mofado
mofado
23,470 corpus weight
- morosidade
morosidade
23,466 corpus weight
- neno
neno
23,453 corpus weight
- numb
numb
23,447 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mofado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mofado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mofado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mofado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,531 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mofado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mofado, spelled M-O-F-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1que mofou
- 2antiquado, obsoleto
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mofado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ideias mofadas.
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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