mourisco
The verdict
“mourisco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,619 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,619
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - referente aos mouros
Corpus desk
Index PT-mourisco · mourisco · Portuguese
mourisco · rank #80,619 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,619
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH narcótico
Nearest frequency peer: narcótico (+6 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 “mourisco”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mexerica
mexerica
19,404 corpus weight
- minhoto
minhoto
19,399 corpus weight
- mourisco
mourisco
19,382 corpus weight
- narcótico
narcótico
19,376 corpus weight
- nickel
nickel
19,366 corpus weight
- noviço
noviço
19,360 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mourisco” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mourisco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mourisco” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mourisco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,619 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mourisco in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is mourisco, spelled M-O-U-R-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1referente aos mouros
- 2inventado ou feito pelos mouros
- 3designativo duma variedade de uva
- 4designativo duma variedade de trigo rijo
- 5de aspecto árabe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mourisco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nome de avenida, bairro e de instituto - o palácio mourisco que ele próprio ergueu em Manguinhos, hoje sitiado pela Faixa de Gaza carioca -, Oswaldo Cruz será agora também nome de ópera.
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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