marginal

adj

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The verdict

“marginal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,531. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,531
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ou pertencente à margem:

Corpus desk

Index PT-marginal · marginal · Portuguese

marginal · rank #9,531 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,531
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH marfim

Nearest frequency peer: marfim (-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 “marginal”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “marginal” 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).

marginal vs matinal
75% similar
marginal vs marcial
75% similar

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

Key facts for marginal
PropertyValue
Headwordmarginal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,531
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “marginal”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “marfim” (#9,530), “matei” (#9,532), “Marc” (#9,529). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “marginal” fica em #9,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around marginal, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,531 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for marginal, with forms such as "amrginal", "magrinal", and "margginal". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "matinal", "marcial", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is marginal, spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ou pertencente à margem:
  2. 2
    que se situa, foi posto ou é considerado fora do centro da acção ou da discussão:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A flora marginal do Guadiana foi destruída na zona da albufeira criada pela barragem.
  2. É um assunto marginal.

This word in other languages

marginal(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrginal
  • magrinal
  • margginal
  • margianl
  • marginall
  • marginla
  • marginnal
  • margnial
  • marignal
  • marrginal
  • mmarginal
  • mraginal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marginal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amrginal2magrinal2margginal1margianl2marginall1marginla2marginnal1margnial2
Edit distance from "marginal"

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 "marginal"?
"marginal" is spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L.
What does "marginal" mean?
As an adjective, "marginal" means: relativo ou pertencente à margem:
What words are commonly confused with "marginal"?
"marginal" is commonly confused with "matinal", "marcial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "marginal" come from?
"marginal" 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 "marginal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

olimpíada12 variantstrindade12 variantssubmeter12 variantsperiferia12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list