marmita
/mɐɾ.ˈmi.tɐ/
The verdict
“marmita” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #41,599 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,599
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vasilha em que se leva a refeição individual para o local de trabalho, estudo, etc
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 | marmita |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɐɾ.ˈmi.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marmita” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for marmita is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐɾ.ˈmi.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #41,599 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for marmita, with forms such as "amrmita", "mamrita", and "marimta". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "marmota", "marxista", "Maria", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 marmita, spelled M-A-R-M-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1vasilha em que se leva a refeição individual para o local de trabalho, estudo, etc
- 2conjunto de vasilhas adaptadas a um suporte, e que serve para o transporte de comida
- 3panela de metal, com tampa
- 4vaso prismático, de folha-de-flandres, em que os soldados comem o rancho
- 5cada uma dessas vasilhas
- 6pessoa com quem se tem um relacionamento amoroso e sexual
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrmita,mamrita,marimta,marmiat,marmitta,marmmita,marmtia,marrmita,mmarmita,mramita
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marmita - 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.
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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Using “marmita”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-R-M-I-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɐɾ.ˈmi.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “marmota” - see the side-by-side comparison. marmita vs marmota
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.