malvado

adj

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The verdict

“malvado” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,040
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem índole perversa ou que é praticado com desrespeito, violência ou crueldade

Corpus desk

Index PT-malvado · malvado · Portuguese

malvado · rank #23,040 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,040
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH látex

Nearest frequency peer: látex (-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 “malvado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “malvado” 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).

malvado vs melado
71% similar
malvado vs marcado
71% similar
malvado vs molhado
71% similar

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

Key facts for malvado
PropertyValue
Headwordmalvado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,040
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “malvado”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “látex” (#23,039), “mandamento” (#23,041), “latente” (#23,031). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “malvado” fica em #23,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around malvado, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,040 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que tem índole perversa ou que é praticado com desrespeito, violência ou crueldade".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for malvado, with forms such as "amlvado", "malavdo", and "mallvado". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "melado", "marcado", "molhado", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 malvado, spelled M-A-L-V-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem índole perversa ou que é praticado com desrespeito, violência ou crueldade

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. gente malvada
  2. ação malvada

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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This word in other languages

wicked(English)malvado(Español)mèchant(Français)böse(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlvado
  • malavdo
  • mallvado
  • malvaddo
  • malvaod
  • malvdao
  • malvvado
  • mavlado
  • mlavado
  • mmalvado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amlvado2malavdo2mallvado1malvaddo1malvaod2malvdao2malvvado1mavlado2
Edit distance from "malvado"

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 "malvado"?
"malvado" is spelled M-A-L-V-A-D-O.
What does "malvado" mean?
As an adjective, "malvado" means: que tem índole perversa ou que é praticado com desrespeito, violência ou crueldade
What words are commonly confused with "malvado"?
"malvado" is commonly confused with "melado", "marcado", "molhado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "malvado" come from?
"malvado" 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 "malvado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

latente#23,031judaico#23,025hipnose#23,003paladar#23,077

Similar misspelling depth

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

girassol10 variantsgateway10 variantsfalhado10 variantssecador10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list