maternal
/mɐ.tɨɾ.ˈnaɫ/
The verdict
“maternal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,386
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - próprio ou natural de uma mãe
Corpus desk
Index PT-maternal · maternal · Portuguese
maternal · rank #22,386 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,386
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH matter
Nearest frequency peer: matter (+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 “maternal”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- maison
maison
77,621 corpus weight
- manso
manso
77,619 corpus weight
- maternal
maternal
77,615 corpus weight
- matter
matter
77,614 corpus weight
- microscópio
microscópio
77,611 corpus weight
- mobília
mobília
77,608 corpus weight
What this shows “maternal” 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 | maternal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɐ.tɨɾ.ˈnaɫ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “maternal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around maternal (IPA /mɐ.tɨɾ.ˈnaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,386 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 maternal, with forms such as "amternal", "maetrnal", and "matenral". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "materno", "matinal", "matéria", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is maternal, spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1próprio ou natural de uma mãe
- 2diz-se de escola que recebe crianças de menos de sete anos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maternal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Léa de Lonval é uma profissional do sexo que descobre o amor por meio de um afeto maternal, já que seu amante é muito mais jovem.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amternal
- maetrnal
- matenral
- materanl
- maternall
- maternla
- maternnal
- materrnal
- matrenal
- matternal
- mmaternal
- mtaernal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maternal - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maternal", 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).