monossacarídeo

noun

The verdict

“monossacarídeo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - carboidrato mais simples, também chamado de açúcar simples, cuja fórmula geral é Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ, formado por uma única unidade de açúcar

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Index PT-monossacarideo · monossacarídeo · Portuguese

monossacarídeo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for monossacarídeo
PropertyValue
Headwordmonossacarídeo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “monossacarídeo” em português

monossacarídeofica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monossacarídeo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for monossacarídeo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is monossacarídeo, spelled M-O-N-O-S-S-A-C-A-R-Í-D-E-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    carboidrato mais simples, também chamado de açúcar simples, cuja fórmula geral é Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ, formado por uma única unidade de açúcar
  2. 2
    molécula solúvel em água, geralmente com sabor adocicado, que pode conter de três a sete átomos de carbono, classificada em trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses e heptoses

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how monossacarídeo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A glicose é um monossacarídeo essencial para o metabolismo celular
  2. A frutose é um monossacarídeo encontrado em frutas e mel

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monossacarídeo"?
"monossacarídeo" is spelled M-O-N-O-S-S-A-C-A-R-Í-D-E-O.
What does "monossacarídeo" mean?
As a noun, "monossacarídeo" means: carboidrato mais simples, também chamado de açúcar simples, cuja fórmula geral é Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ, formado por uma única unidade de açúcar
What language does "monossacarídeo" come from?
"monossacarídeo" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list