mecanismo
/mɨ.kɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/
The verdict
“mecanismo” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,411 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,411
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - disposição das peças de uma máquina; maquinismo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mecanismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɨ.kɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mecanismo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mecanismo is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɨ.kɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,411 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mecanismo, with forms such as "emcanismo", "mceanismo", and "meacnismo". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mecanismo, spelled M-E-C-A-N-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1disposição das peças de uma máquina; maquinismo
- 2funcionamento orgânico; processo de funcionamento
- 3parte material ou externa da linguagem, independentemente do sentido das palavras
- 4estudo prático de qualquer instrumento, mediante exercícios com os quais se obtém e aperfeiçoa virtudes como, por exemplo, igualdade na movimentação dos dedos, flexibilidade, velocidade, resistência, força, domínio da sonoridade, etc.; técnica
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emcanismo,mceanismo,meacnismo,mecainsmo,mecanimso,mecanismmo,mecanisom,mecanissmo,mecannismo,mecansimo,meccanismo,mecnaismo,mmecanismo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mecanismo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “mecanismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-C-A-N-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɨ.kɐ.ˈniʒ.mu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.