mecenas

noun

The verdict

“mecenas” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,820
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que protege artistas ou cientistas e/ou os financia

Corpus desk

Index PT-mecenas · mecenas · Portuguese

mecenas · rank #29,820 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,820
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mediocridade

Nearest frequency peer: mediocridade (+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 “mecenas”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “mecenas” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mecenas
PropertyValue
Headwordmecenas
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,820
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mecenas”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).mecenascai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mediocridade” (#29,821), “melancólico” (#29,823), “marionete” (#29,815). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mecenas” fica em #29,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mecenas, anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,820 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aquele que protege artistas ou cientistas e/ou os financia".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mecenas, with forms such as "emcenas", "mceenas", and "meccenas". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is mecenas, spelled M-E-C-E-N-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que protege artistas ou cientistas e/ou os financia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mecenas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Calouste Gulbenkian foi um grande mecenas.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emcenas
  • mceenas
  • meccenas
  • meceans
  • mecenass
  • mecennas
  • mecensa
  • mecneas
  • meecnas
  • mmecenas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mecenas - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emcenas2mceenas2meccenas1meceans2mecenass1mecennas1mecensa2mecneas2
Edit distance from "mecenas"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mecenas"?
"mecenas" is spelled M-E-C-E-N-A-S.
What does "mecenas" mean?
As a noun, "mecenas" means: aquele que protege artistas ou cientistas e/ou os financia
What are common misspellings of "mecenas"?
Common misspellings include "emcenas", "mceenas", "meccenas", "meceans", "mecenass". The correct spelling is "mecenas".
What language does "mecenas" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mecenas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list