mondrongo
The verdict
“mondrongo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caroço situado em qualquer região do corpo humano ou animal
Corpus desk
Index PT-mondrongo · mondrongo · Portuguese
mondrongo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mondrongo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mondrongo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mondrongo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
mondrongo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is mondrongo, spelled M-O-N-D-R-O-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1caroço situado em qualquer região do corpo humano ou animal
- 2qualquer protuberância acentuada, em uma superfície, de aspecto séssil e tamanho grande, diferente do biloto e do calombo
- 3pessoa muito feia
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mondrongo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O camelo tem dois mondrongos.
O mondrongo de Notre Dame.
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.