monossílabo
/mɔ.nɔ.ˈsi.lɐ.bu/
The verdict
“monossílabo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - formado de uma sílaba
Corpus desk
Index PT-monossilabo · monossílabo · Portuguese
monossílabo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | monossílabo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɔ.nɔ.ˈsi.lɐ.bu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “monossílabo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
monossílabo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɔ.nɔ.ˈsi.lɐ.bu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "formado de uma sílaba".
monossílabo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is monossílabo, spelled M-O-N-O-S-S-Í-L-A-B-O.
Definition
- 1formado de uma sílaba
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.