mourisco

adj

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The verdict

“mourisco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,619 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,619
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - referente aos mouros

Key facts for mourisco
PropertyValue
Headwordmourisco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,619
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mourisco” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mourisco lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mourisco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,619 among 2,261 “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

  1. 1
    referente aos mouros
  2. 2
    inventado ou feito pelos mouros
  3. 3
    designativo duma variedade de uva
  4. 4
    designativo duma variedade de trigo rijo
  5. 5
    de aspecto árabe

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mourisco"?
"mourisco" is spelled M-O-U-R-I-S-C-O.
What does "mourisco" mean?
As an adjective, "mourisco" means: referente aos mouros
What language does "mourisco" come from?
"mourisco" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “mourisco”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-O-U-R-I-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list