malária
/mɐ.ˈla.ɾjɐ/
The verdict
“malária” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #13,784 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,784
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - doença infecciosa endêmica em muitas regiões tropicais e subtropicais do mundo, causada por um parasita, protozoário do gênero Plasmodium (da família plasmodiidae), transmitida aos seres humanos po...
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 | malária |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɐ.ˈla.ɾjɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malária” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for malária is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐ.ˈla.ɾjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,784 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for malária, with forms such as "amlária", "mallária", and "malráia". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Maria", "Malawi", "matéria", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is malária, spelled M-A-L-Á-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1doença infecciosa endêmica em muitas regiões tropicais e subtropicais do mundo, causada por um parasita, protozoário do gênero Plasmodium (da família plasmodiidae), transmitida aos seres humanos por meio da picada do mosquito Anopheles infectado ou ainda através de transmissão congênita (da mãe para o feto), por transfusão sanguínea ou hemoderivados e por uso de agulhas e seringas contaminada
- 2qualquer de várias doenças mais ou menos semelhantes que acometem aves e mamíferos, causadas por protozoários presentes no sangue
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amlária,mallária,malráia,maláira,malárai,malárria,maálria,mlaária,mmalária
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malária - 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 “malária”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-L-Á-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɐ.ˈla.ɾjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Maria” - see the side-by-side comparison. malária vs Maria
- 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.