Martinho
/maɾ.ˈtʃi.ɲu/
The verdict
“Martinho” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,159. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,159
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome de santo, papas, bispos e de fidalgos que na sua forma mais antiga se dizia Martim
Corpus desk
Index PT-martinho · Martinho · Portuguese
Martinho · rank #15,159 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,159
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH meet
Nearest frequency peer: meet (+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 “Martinho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- layout
layout
84,848 corpus weight
- locutor
locutor
84,846 corpus weight
- Martinho
Martinho
84,842 corpus weight
- meet
meet
84,841 corpus weight
- mirror
mirror
84,838 corpus weight
- mobilizar
mobilizar
84,837 corpus weight
What this shows “Martinho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | Martinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maɾ.ˈtʃi.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Martinho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Martinho (IPA /maɾ.ˈtʃi.ɲu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,159 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Martinho, with forms such as "amrtinho", "maritnho", and "marrtinho". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Martino", "martírio", "Martin", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Martinho, spelled M-A-R-T-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1nome de santo, papas, bispos e de fidalgos que na sua forma mais antiga se dizia Martim
- 2prenome masculino
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Martinho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nos Lusíadas pode referir-se a Martim Afonso de Sousa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amrtinho
- maritnho
- marrtinho
- martihno
- martinhho
- martinnho
- martinoh
- martniho
- marttinho
- matrinho
- mmartinho
- mratinho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Martinho - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Martinho", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).