marchinha

noun

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The verdict

“marchinha” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,361
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gênero de música popular que foi predominante no carnaval dos brasileiros dos anos 20 aos anos 60 do século XX, altura em que começou a ser substituída pelo samba enredo

Corpus desk

Index PT-marchinha · marchinha · Portuguese

marchinha · rank #38,361 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #38,361
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH maquinário

Nearest frequency peer: maquinário (-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 “marchinha”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “marchinha” 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).

marchinha vs marinha
78% similar

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

Key facts for marchinha
PropertyValue
Headwordmarchinha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,361
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “marchinha”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “maquinário” (#38,360), “magenta” (#38,356), “lustre” (#38,354). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “marchinha” fica em #38,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around marchinha, anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,361 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gênero de música popular que foi predominante no carnaval dos brasileiros dos anos 20 aos anos 60 do século XX, altura em que começou a ser substituída pelo samba enredo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for marchinha, with forms such as "amrchinha", "macrhinha", and "marcchinha". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "marinha", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is marchinha, spelled M-A-R-C-H-I-N-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    gênero de música popular que foi predominante no carnaval dos brasileiros dos anos 20 aos anos 60 do século XX, altura em que começou a ser substituída pelo samba enredo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A partir desta segunda-feira, 24, até domingo, 2 de março, mais 52 blocos prometem parar bairros e avenidas com suas marchinhas, samba-canção, samba-enredo e muito mais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrchinha
  • macrhinha
  • marcchinha
  • marchhinha
  • marchihna
  • marchinah
  • marchinhha
  • marchinnha
  • marchniha
  • marcihnha
  • marhcinha
  • marrchinha
  • mmarchinha
  • mrachinha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amrchinha2macrhinha2marcchinha1marchhinha1marchihna2marchinah2marchinhha1marchinnha1
Edit distance from "marchinha"

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 "marchinha"?
"marchinha" is spelled M-A-R-C-H-I-N-H-A.
What does "marchinha" mean?
As a noun, "marchinha" means: gênero de música popular que foi predominante no carnaval dos brasileiros dos anos 20 aos anos 60 do século XX, altura em que começou a ser substituída pelo samba enredo
What words are commonly confused with "marchinha"?
"marchinha" is commonly confused with "marinha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "marchinha" come from?
"marchinha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

monogamia#38,378insolação#38,322perversão#38,423rotineiro#38,471

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

humanização14 variantsdespistar14 variantsagonizante14 variantsangustiado14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list