nômade
/ˈnõ.ma.d͡ʒi/
The verdict
“nômade” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #36,136 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #36,136
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se de pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não tem residência fixa; mora em estruturas portáteis, como tendas ou trailers e se muda regularmente
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nômade |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈnõ.ma.d͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nômade” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for nômade is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnõ.ma.d͡ʒi/. Corpus data places it at rank #36,136 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "diz-se de pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não tem residência fixa; mora em estruturas portáteis, como tendas ou trailers e se muda regularmente".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for nômade, with forms such as "nmôade", "nnômade", and "nôamde". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "nome", "nombre", "nomeado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is nômade, spelled N-Ô-M-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1diz-se de pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não tem residência fixa; mora em estruturas portáteis, como tendas ou trailers e se muda regularmente
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nmôade,nnômade,nôamde,nômadde,nômaed,nômdae,nômmade,ônmade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nômade - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “nômade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-Ô-M-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈnõ.ma.d͡ʒi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nome” - see the side-by-side comparison. nômade vs nome
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.