maléfico
The verdict
“maléfico” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,357
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que causa mal
Corpus desk
Index PT-malefico · maléfico · Portuguese
maléfico · rank #34,357 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,357
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH marisco
Nearest frequency peer: marisco (+3 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 “maléfico”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- ladainha
ladainha
65,653 corpus weight
- maléfico
maléfico
65,644 corpus weight
- marisco
marisco
65,641 corpus weight
- matutino
matutino
65,637 corpus weight
- meritocracia
meritocracia
65,634 corpus weight
- modal
modal
65,628 corpus weight
What this shows “maléfico” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maléfico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “maléfico”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around maléfico, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,357 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que causa mal".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for maléfico, with forms such as "amléfico", "malféico", and "malléfico". 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is maléfico, spelled M-A-L-É-F-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1que causa mal
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maléfico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Em entrevista exclusiva ao Link, o Dalai Lama fala de ciência, tecnologia e do efeito maléfico dos games violentos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amléfico
- malféico
- malléfico
- maléfcio
- maléffico
- maléficco
- maléfioc
- maléifco
- maélfico
- mlaéfico
- mmaléfico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maléfico - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maléfico", 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).