Idade Média
The verdict
“Idade Média” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o período que vai desde a queda do Império Romano do Ocidente (476) até a tomada de Constantinopla pelos turcos (1453)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Idade Média |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Idade Média” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Idade Média is 11 letters long, classified as a phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "o período que vai desde a queda do Império Romano do Ocidente (476) até a tomada de Constantinopla pelos turcos (1453)".
Zero misspellings are on record for Idade Média in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 Idade Média, spelled I-D-A-D-E- -M-É-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1o período que vai desde a queda do Império Romano do Ocidente (476) até a tomada de Constantinopla pelos turcos (1453)
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Idade Média”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-D-A-D-E- -M-É-D-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.