maldade

noun

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The verdict

“maldade” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,645
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade de mau

Corpus desk

Index PT-maldade · maldade · Portuguese

maldade · rank #8,645 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,645
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH manchete

Nearest frequency peer: manchete (+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 “maldade”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “maldade” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

maldade vs malvado
71% similar
maldade vs malhado
71% similar
maldade vs malgaxe
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for maldade
PropertyValue
Headwordmaldade
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,645
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “maldade”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).maldadecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “manchete” (#8,646), “Liam” (#8,643), “intimidade” (#8,638). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “maldade” fica em #8,645. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around maldade, anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,645 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for maldade, with forms such as "amldade", "madlade", and "maladde". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "malvado", "malhado", "malgaxe", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 maldade, spelled M-A-L-D-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade de mau
  2. 2
    crueldade
  3. 3
    teimosia
  4. 4
    malícia

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how maldade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Inicialmente, o atacante havia dito que “Tayor entrou na maldade”.
  2. Em 2007, por “maldade e injustiça”, diz o atleta, sua vida esteve de ponta-cabeça.

This word in other languages

malevolence(English)maldad(Español)méchanceté(Français)Bosheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amldade
  • madlade
  • maladde
  • maldadde
  • maldaed
  • malddade
  • malddae
  • malldade
  • mladade
  • mmaldade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maldade - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amldade2madlade2maladde2maldadde1maldaed2malddade1malddae2malldade1
Edit distance from "maldade"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maldade"?
"maldade" is spelled M-A-L-D-A-D-E.
What does "maldade" mean?
As a noun, "maldade" means: qualidade de mau
What words are commonly confused with "maldade"?
"maldade" is commonly confused with "malvado", "malhado", "malgaxe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "maldade" come from?
"maldade" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maldade", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

higiene#8,635obrigar#8,657dourada#8,614cunhado#8,596

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

reeleição10 variantscondado10 variantsvegetal10 variantsteologia10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list