magnésio
/ma.ˈɡnɛ.zju/
The verdict
“magnésio” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,936
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Mg, possui o número atômico 12 e massa atômica relativa de 24.305; é um metal alcalino, sólido na temperatura ambiente; é muito abundante na natureza, principalmente na ...
Corpus desk
Index PT-magnesio · magnésio · Portuguese
magnésio · rank #20,936 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,936
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,261
- PHOTO-FINISH marine
Nearest frequency peer: marine (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “magnésio”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lavoura
lavoura
79,073 corpus weight
- magnésio
magnésio
79,065 corpus weight
- marine
marine
79,063 corpus weight
- matava
matava
79,062 corpus weight
- mediana
mediana
79,059 corpus weight
- minúscula
minúscula
79,057 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “magnésio” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | magnésio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ma.ˈɡnɛ.zju/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “magnésio” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around magnésio (IPA /ma.ˈɡnɛ.zju/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,936 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "elemento químico de símbolo Mg, possui o número atômico 12 e massa atômica relativa de 24.305; é um metal alcalino, sólido na temperatura ambiente; é muito abundante na natureza, principalmente na ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for magnésio, with forms such as "amgnésio", "maggnésio", and "magnnésio". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "magneto", "magnético", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is magnésio, spelled M-A-G-N-É-S-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Mg, possui o número atômico 12 e massa atômica relativa de 24.305; é um metal alcalino, sólido na temperatura ambiente; é muito abundante na natureza, principalmente na água do mar como íon dipositivo e na crosta terrestre, na forma de magnesite; o óxido de magnésio é muito utilizado na indústria de materiais refratários, borracha, fertilizantes, plásticos e na construção mecânica
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amgnésio
- maggnésio
- magnnésio
- magnséio
- magnéiso
- magnésoi
- magnéssio
- magénsio
- mangésio
- mganésio
- mmagnésio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of magnésio - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "magnésio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.