madeira
/mɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“madeira” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,577 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,577
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa sem ambição, devagar, sem interesse na vida, por vontade ou por doença
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 | madeira |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “madeira” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for madeira is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,577 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pessoa sem ambição, devagar, sem interesse na vida, por vontade ou por doença".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for madeira, with forms such as "amdeira", "maddeira", and "madeiar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "maneira", "maneiro", "mamadeira", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is madeira, spelled M-A-D-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1pessoa sem ambição, devagar, sem interesse na vida, por vontade ou por doença
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amdeira,maddeira,madeiar,madeirra,maderia,madiera,maedira,mdaeira,mmadeira
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of madeira - 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 “madeira”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-D-E-I-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “maneira” - see the side-by-side comparison. madeira vs maneira
- 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.