mossa
/ˈmɔ.sɐ/
The verdict
“mossa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,067 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,067
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - amolgadura
Corpus desk
Index PT-mossa · mossa · Portuguese
mossa · rank #58,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,067
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mosquete
Nearest frequency peer: mosquete (-1 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 “mossa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Matthieu
Matthieu
41,946 corpus weight
- mosquete
mosquete
41,935 corpus weight
- mossa
mossa
41,934 corpus weight
- myra
myra
41,929 corpus weight
- natalício
natalício
41,926 corpus weight
- nebulosidade
nebulosidade
41,922 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mossa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mossa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɔ.sɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mossa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mossa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,067 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɔ.sɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mossa, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is mossa, spelled M-O-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1amolgadura
- 2vestígio de uma pancada ou pressão
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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