madrasta
/mɐ.ˈdɾaʃ.tɐ/
The verdict
“madrasta” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,714
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esposa da mãe ou do pai que não é a mãe do(a) filho(a) desta ou deste
Corpus desk
Index PT-madrasta · madrasta · Portuguese
madrasta · rank #12,714 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,714
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH madrinha
Nearest frequency peer: madrinha (+1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “madrasta”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- lençóis
lençóis
87,289 corpus weight
- madrasta
madrasta
87,287 corpus weight
- madrinha
madrinha
87,286 corpus weight
- metropolita…
metropolitano
87,281 corpus weight
- milícia
milícia
87,280 corpus weight
- molecular
molecular
87,277 corpus weight
What this shows “madrasta” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madrasta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɐ.ˈdɾaʃ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “madrasta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around madrasta (IPA /mɐ.ˈdɾaʃ.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,714 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "esposa da mãe ou do pai que não é a mãe do(a) filho(a) desta ou deste".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for madrasta, with forms such as "amdrasta", "madarsta", and "maddrasta". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 madrasta, spelled M-A-D-R-A-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1esposa da mãe ou do pai que não é a mãe do(a) filho(a) desta ou deste
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amdrasta
- madarsta
- maddrasta
- madrasat
- madrassta
- madrastta
- madratsa
- madrrasta
- madrsata
- mardasta
- mdarasta
- mmadrasta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of madrasta - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).