masmorra
/mɐʒ.ˈmo.Rɐ/
The verdict
“masmorra” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #40,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,674
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - local onde se mantêm aprisionadas pessoas, normalmente sítio escuro, sombrio e pouco arejado, com poucas aberturas e as existentes gradeadas; cadeia; calabouço
Corpus desk
Index PT-masmorra · masmorra · Portuguese
masmorra · rank #40,674 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,674
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH milímetro
Nearest frequency peer: milímetro (+9 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 “masmorra”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- lime
lime
59,349 corpus weight
- lince
lince
59,348 corpus weight
- litúrgico
litúrgico
59,346 corpus weight
- masmorra
masmorra
59,327 corpus weight
- milímetro
milímetro
59,318 corpus weight
- muleta
muleta
59,310 corpus weight
What this shows “masmorra” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masmorra |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɐʒ.ˈmo.Rɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “masmorra”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around masmorra (IPA /mɐʒ.ˈmo.Rɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,674 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "local onde se mantêm aprisionadas pessoas, normalmente sítio escuro, sombrio e pouco arejado, com poucas aberturas e as existentes gradeadas; cadeia; calabouço".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for masmorra, with forms such as "amsmorra", "mamsorra", and "masmmorra". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is masmorra, spelled M-A-S-M-O-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1local onde se mantêm aprisionadas pessoas, normalmente sítio escuro, sombrio e pouco arejado, com poucas aberturas e as existentes gradeadas; cadeia; calabouço
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how masmorra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Papéis avulsos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amsmorra
- mamsorra
- masmmorra
- masmora
- masmorar
- masmrora
- masomrra
- massmorra
- mmasmorra
- msamorra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of masmorra - 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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Same letter count
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