malícia

/mɐ.ˈli.sjɐ/

//mɐ.ˈli.sjɐ// noun

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The verdict

“malícia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,722
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - má índole

Corpus desk

Index PT-malicia · malícia · Portuguese

malícia · rank #23,722 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,722
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH macacão

Nearest frequency peer: macacão (-2 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 “malícia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “malícia” 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).

malícia vs milícia
86% similar
malícia vs mágica
43% similar
malícia vs malária
71% similar

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

Key facts for malícia
PropertyValue
Headwordmalícia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɐ.ˈli.sjɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,722
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “malícia”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.malíciacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “macacão” (#23,720), “maxilar” (#23,726), “maximizar” (#23,727). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “malícia” fica em #23,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around malícia (IPA /mɐ.ˈli.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,722 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for malícia, with forms such as "amlícia", "malcíia", and "mallícia". 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, "milícia", "mágica", "malária", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is malícia, spelled M-A-L-Í-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    má índole
  2. 2
    propensão para o mal
  3. 3
    velhacaria
  4. 4
    astúcia
  5. 5
    interpretação maliciosa
  6. 6
    ronha
  7. 7
    brejeirice
  8. 8
    dito [picante]

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlícia
  • malcíia
  • mallícia
  • malícai
  • malíccia
  • malíica
  • maílcia
  • mlaícia
  • mmalícia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amlícia2malcíia2mallícia1malícai2malíccia1malíica2maílcia2mlaícia2
Edit distance from "malícia"

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 "malícia"?
"malícia" is spelled M-A-L-Í-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /mɐ.ˈli.sjɐ/.
What does "malícia" mean?
As a noun, "malícia" means: má índole
What words are commonly confused with "malícia"?
"malícia" is commonly confused with "milícia", "mágica", "malária". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malícia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malícia" is /mɐ.ˈli.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malícia" come from?
"malícia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

macacão#23,720maxilar#23,726January#23,708genital#23,675

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

mescla9 variantsespañol9 variantscolmeia9 variantsThierry9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list