medalha
/mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“medalha” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,575 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,575
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - chapa metálica com gravação de inscrição, data, efígie, número, etc
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 | medalha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “medalha” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for medalha is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,575 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 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for medalha, with forms such as "emdalha", "mdealha", and "meadlha". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "medula", "muralha", "medalhão", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is medalha, spelled M-E-D-A-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1chapa metálica com gravação de inscrição, data, efígie, número, etc
- 2prêmio de concurso ou exposição
- 3peça de devoção religiosa
- 4impacto de uma bola batida forte levado no corpo na região do peito
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emdalha,mdealha,meadlha,medahla,medalah,medalhha,medallha,meddalha,medlaha,mmedalha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of medalha - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “medalha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-D-A-L-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “medula” - see the side-by-side comparison. medalha vs medula
- 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.