martelo
/mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/
The verdict
“martelo” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,719 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,719
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater em pregos
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 | martelo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “martelo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for martelo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for martelo, with forms such as "amrtelo", "maretlo", and "marrtelo". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Martino", "mirtilo", "Marte", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is martelo, spelled M-A-R-T-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater em pregos
- 2arma medieval
- 3osso em forma de martelo¹, localizado na orelha média
- 4chute semicircular, no qual se usa o dorso do pé para golpear o adversário no rosto ou no tronco
- 5inseto homóptero da família dos diaspidídeos
- 6bola de metal que é empunhada e atirada a distância em competições de atletismo
- 7sinal 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of martelo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “martelo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-R-T-E-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Martino” - see the side-by-side comparison. martelo vs Martino
- 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.