marmitex

noun

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The verdict

“marmitex” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,101 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,101
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - folha de metal flexível a fim de armar para dar forma a um recipiente que armazena alimento

Key facts for marmitex
PropertyValue
Headwordmarmitex
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,101
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “marmitex” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). marmitex lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marmitex is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,101 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "folha de metal flexível a fim de armar para dar forma a um recipiente que armazena alimento".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marmitex, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 marmitex, spelled M-A-R-M-I-T-E-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    folha de metal flexível a fim de armar para dar forma a um recipiente que armazena alimento

Synonyms

marmitaquentinha

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 "marmitex"?
"marmitex" is spelled M-A-R-M-I-T-E-X.
What does "marmitex" mean?
As a noun, "marmitex" means: folha de metal flexível a fim de armar para dar forma a um recipiente que armazena alimento
What language does "marmitex" come from?
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Using “marmitex”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-R-M-I-T-E-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list