martelo

//mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,719

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

martelo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater em pregos Pronounced /mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/. It ranks #9,719 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with Martino and mirtilo.

Key facts for martelo
PropertyValue
Headwordmartelo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,719
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of martelo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for martelo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,719 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for martelo, with forms such as "amrtelo", "maretlo", and "marrtelo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Martino", "mirtilo", "Marte", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is martelo, spelled M-A-R-T-E-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater em pregos
  2. 2
    arma medieval
  3. 3
    osso em forma de martelo¹, localizado na orelha média
  4. 4
    chute semicircular, no qual se usa o dorso do pé para golpear o adversário no rosto ou no tronco
  5. 5
    inseto homóptero da família dos diaspidídeos
  6. 6
    bola de metal que é empunhada e atirada a distância em competições de atletismo
  7. 7
    sinal usado em lógica, formado de uma linha vertical seguida de uma linha horizontal, usado, entre outras formas, para denotar uma relação de consequência, com respeito a um dado sistema lógico, entre uma coleção de fórmulas e uma fórmula

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrtelo,maretlo,marrtelo,martello,marteol,martleo,marttelo,matrelo,mmartelo,mratelo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for martelo

Misspelling Variants of "martelo"

amrtelo7maretlo7marrtelo8martello8marteol7martleo7marttelo8matrelo7
Misspelling Variants of "martelo"

Frequency rank: #9,719 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "martelo"?
"martelo" is spelled M-A-R-T-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/.
What does "martelo" mean?
As a noun, "martelo" means: ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater em pregos
What words are commonly confused with "martelo"?
"martelo" is commonly confused with "Martino", "mirtilo", "Marte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "martelo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "martelo" is /mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "martelo" come from?
"martelo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.