maré
/mɐ.ˈɾɛ/
The verdict
“maré” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,659
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - movimento periódico de subida e descida das águas do mar
Corpus desk
Index PT-mare · maré · Portuguese
maré · rank #7,659 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,659
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mancha
Nearest frequency peer: mancha (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “maré”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lealdade
lealdade
92,347 corpus weight
- leilão
leilão
92,346 corpus weight
- mancha
mancha
92,343 corpus weight
- maré
maré
92,342 corpus weight
- Matthew
Matthew
92,341 corpus weight
- montado
montado
92,338 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “maré” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maré |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɐ.ˈɾɛ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “maré” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around maré (IPA /mɐ.ˈɾɛ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,659 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "movimento periódico de subida e descida das águas do mar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for maré, with forms such as "amré", "marré", and "maér". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "me", "mas", "mau", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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. The correct Portuguese form is maré, spelled M-A-R-É.
Definition
- 1movimento periódico de subida e descida das águas do mar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A época de maré baixa é mais apropriada para visitar a Praia Bela.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amré
- marré
- maér
- mmaré
- mraé
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maré - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maré", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "maré". Here's where to go from here.
- "maré" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "me". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,659 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.