malandro
The verdict
“malandro” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,892
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se daquele que possui valores morais e/ou éticos corrompidos, ou contrários aos valores eleitos como virtuosos pela sociedade; bandido, desnaturado, safado
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malandro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malandro” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around malandro, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,892 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for malandro, with forms such as "amlandro", "maalndro", and "maladnro". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is malandro, spelled M-A-L-A-N-D-R-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se daquele que possui valores morais e/ou éticos corrompidos, ou contrários aos valores eleitos como virtuosos pela sociedade; bandido, desnaturado, safado
- 2mandrião, preguiçoso, calaceiro
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amlandro
- maalndro
- maladnro
- malanddro
- malandor
- malandrro
- malanndro
- malanrdo
- mallandro
- malnadro
- mlaandro
- mmalandro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malandro - 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.
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Using “malandro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-L-A-N-D-R-O - 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.