marçal

adj

The verdict

“marçal” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,174
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ao mês de março

Corpus desk

Index PT-marcal · marçal · Portuguese

marçal · rank #27,174 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,174
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mino

Nearest frequency peer: mino (+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 “marçal”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “marçal” 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).

marçal vs Maria
50% similar
marçal vs marco
50% similar
marçal vs moral
67% similar

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

Key facts for marçal
PropertyValue
Headwordmarçal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,174
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “marçal”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mino” (#27,177), “mirar” (#27,178), “modernizar” (#27,180). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “marçal” fica em #27,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around marçal, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,174 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relativo ao mês de março".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for marçal, with forms such as "amrçal", "maraçl", and "marrçal". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Maria", "marco", "moral", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is marçal, spelled M-A-R-Ç-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ao mês de março

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Nos dias marçais sente-se a mudança de estação."

Synonyms

marçalino

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrçal
  • maraçl
  • marrçal
  • marçall
  • marçla
  • maçral
  • mmarçal
  • mraçal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amrçal2maraçl2marrçal1marçall1marçla2maçral2mmarçal1mraçal2
Edit distance from "marçal"

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 "marçal"?
"marçal" is spelled M-A-R-Ç-A-L.
What does "marçal" mean?
As an adjective, "marçal" means: relativo ao mês de março
What words are commonly confused with "marçal"?
"marçal" is commonly confused with "Maria", "marco", "moral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "marçal" come from?
"marçal" 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 "marçal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list