marxista
/maɾ.ˈksiʃ.tɐ/
The verdict
“marxista” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #15,392 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #15,392
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo a Karl Marx, à sua obra ou ao marxismo
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 | marxista |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /maɾ.ˈksiʃ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marxista” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for marxista is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /maɾ.ˈksiʃ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,392 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "relativo a Karl Marx, à sua obra ou ao marxismo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for marxista, with forms such as "amrxista", "marixsta", and "marrxista". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "marmita", "marxismo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is marxista, spelled M-A-R-X-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1relativo a Karl Marx, à sua obra ou ao marxismo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrxista,marixsta,marrxista,marxisat,marxissta,marxistta,marxitsa,marxsita,marxxista,maxrista,mmarxista,mraxista
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marxista - 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 “marxista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-R-X-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /maɾ.ˈksiʃ.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “marmita” - see the side-by-side comparison. marxista vs marmita
- 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.