máquina

noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,790

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

máquina is aPortuguesenoun. It means: utensílio ou ferramenta formada de peças móveis e com utilidade prática It ranks #1,790 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for máquina
PropertyValue
Headwordmáquina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,790
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of máquina in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for máquina is 7 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #1,790 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for máquina, with forms such as "mmáquina", "mqáuina", and "máqiuna". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is máquina, spelled M-Á-Q-U-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    utensílio ou ferramenta formada de peças móveis e com utilidade prática
  2. 2
    locomotiva
  3. 3
    aparelho que serve para coser, normalmente roupa ou sapatos
  4. 4
    conjunto de estruturas físicas e humanas que fazem funcionar uma organização
  5. 5
    o coração ou, por extensão, todo o organismo humano
  6. 6
    alguém muito eficiente
  7. 7
    sem iniciativa, autómato
  8. 8
    fliperama (aparelho para se jogar jogos eletrônicos montado numa caixa de madeira)
  9. 9
    rotina computacional que exerce controle de algum elemento de videojogo simulando o atuar de um videojogador

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmáquina,mqáuina,máqiuna,máqquina,máquian,máquinna,máqunia,máuqina,ámquina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for máquina

Misspelling Variants of "máquina"

mmáquina8mqáuina7máqiuna7máqquina8máquian7máquinna8máqunia7máuqina7
Misspelling Variants of "máquina"

Frequency rank: #1,790 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "máquina"?
"máquina" is spelled M-Á-Q-U-I-N-A.
What does "máquina" mean?
As a noun, "máquina" means: utensílio ou ferramenta formada de peças móveis e com utilidade prática
What are common misspellings of "máquina"?
Common misspellings include "mmáquina", "mqáuina", "máqiuna", "máqquina", "máquian". The correct spelling is "máquina".
What language does "máquina" come from?
"máquina" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.