moins
/mwɛ̃/
The verdict
“moins” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,968 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,968
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - menos
Corpus desk
Index PT-moins · moins · Portuguese
moins · rank #95,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,968
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mite
Nearest frequency peer: mite (-5 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 “moins”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mimetismo
mimetismo
4,047 corpus weight
- miocardite
miocardite
4,044 corpus weight
- misantropo
misantropo
4,041 corpus weight
- mite
mite
4,038 corpus weight
- moins
moins
4,033 corpus weight
- mío
mío
4,015 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “moins” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moins |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /mwɛ̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “moins” em português
Rare enough to double-check
moins is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,968 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /mwɛ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "menos".
No generated misspelling entries exist for moins in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is moins, spelled M-O-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1menos
Antonyms
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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