malha

noun

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The verdict

“malha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,925
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estrutura geométrica formada por linhas regulares ou não

Corpus desk

Index PT-malha · malha · Portuguese

malha · rank #10,925 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,925
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH magro

Nearest frequency peer: magro (-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 “malha”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “malha” 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).

malha vs mata
60% similar
malha vs mapa
60% similar
malha vs mara
60% similar

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

Key facts for malha
PropertyValue
Headwordmalha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,925
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “malha”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).malhacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “magro” (#10,924), “matas” (#10,927), “neutro” (#10,933). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “malha” fica em #10,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around malha, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,925 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for malha, with forms such as "amlha", "mahla", and "malah". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mata", "mapa", "mara", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is malha, spelled M-A-L-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    estrutura geométrica formada por linhas regulares ou não
  2. 2
    conjunto de retângulos de diferentes tamanhos usados pelo designer gráfico para alinhar elementos gráficos numa página
  3. 3
    tipo de tecido bastante flexível
  4. 4
    vestimenta feita de malha (3), usada por bailarinos, ginastas, etc
  5. 5
    pequena área de terra
  6. 6
    no estilingue, aquela parte de couro ou outro material, central às tiras elásticas, que serve para conter e impulsionar o projétil

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Plantar uma malha de feijão.

This word in other languages

maille(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlha
  • mahla
  • malah
  • malhha
  • mallha
  • mlaha
  • mmalha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malha - 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.

amlha2mahla2malah2malhha1mallha1mlaha2mmalha1
Edit distance from "malha"

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 "malha"?
"malha" is spelled M-A-L-H-A.
What does "malha" mean?
As a noun, "malha" means: estrutura geométrica formada por linhas regulares ou não
What words are commonly confused with "malha"?
"malha" is commonly confused with "mata", "mapa", "mara". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "malha" come from?
"malha" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

magro#10,924matas#10,927sogra#10,967surra#10,971

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tocha7 variantsbruta7 variantstraje7 variantssigno7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list