martelo

/mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/

//mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu// noun

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The verdict

“martelo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,719
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater em pregos

Corpus desk

Index PT-martelo · martelo · Portuguese

martelo · rank #9,719 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,719
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mara

Nearest frequency peer: mara (-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 “martelo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “martelo” 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).

martelo vs Martino
57% similar
martelo vs mirtilo
71% similar
martelo vs Marte
57% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “martelo”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).martelocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mara” (#9,718), “magoar” (#9,717), “mentalidade” (#9,721). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “martelo” fica em #9,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around martelo (IPA /mɐɾ.ˈtɛ.lu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,719 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De repente, surge o som misterioso de um martelo em ação.
  2. Ele diz que os treinadores não foram comunicados sobre a mudança da gaiola do lançamento do martelo.

Synonyms

malho

This word in other languages

hammer(English)martillo(Español)marteau(Français)Hammer(Deutsch)

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.

amrtelo2maretlo2marrtelo1martello1marteol2martleo2marttelo1matrelo2
Edit distance from "martelo"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "martelo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

horrores10 variantseclipse10 variantsinspeção10 variantsprático10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list