mono

adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,739

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mono is anPortugueseadj. It means: relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho. Often confused with mor and mora.

Key facts for mono
PropertyValue
Headwordmono
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,739
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mono in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mono is 4 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #23,739 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for mono, with forms such as "mmono", "mnoo", and "monno". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mor", "mora", "moto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mono, spelled M-O-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho.
  2. 2
    sem-saborão, macambúzio
  3. 3
    que não tem chifres

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmono,mnoo,monno,omno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mono

Misspelling Variants of "mono"

mmono5mnoo4monno5omno4
Misspelling Variants of "mono"

Frequency rank: #23,739 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mono"?
"mono" is spelled M-O-N-O.
What does "mono" mean?
As an adj, "mono" means: relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho.
What words are commonly confused with "mono"?
"mono" is commonly confused with "mor", "mora", "moto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mono" come from?
"mono" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.