monsoon
/mɑːn.ˈsuːn/
The verdict
“monsoon” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,995 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,995
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - monção
Corpus desk
Index PT-monsoon · monsoon · Portuguese
monsoon · rank #98,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,995
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mistletoe
Nearest frequency peer: mistletoe (-8 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 “monsoon”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- marreca
marreca
1,046 corpus weight
- mistletoe
mistletoe
1,014 corpus weight
- monsoon
monsoon
1,006 corpus weight
- negoceia
negoceia
986 corpus weight
- pagodeiro
pagodeiro
955 corpus weight
- Panna
Panna
950 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “monsoon” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monsoon |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɑːn.ˈsuːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “monsoon” em português
Rare enough to double-check
monsoon is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,995 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɑːn.ˈsuːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
monsoon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 monsoon, spelled M-O-N-S-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1monção
- 2chuva de climas tropicais que pode perdurar por vários meses, comum em regiões de clima monçônico
- 3sistemas meteorológicos com características das monções
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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