medalha

//mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,575

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

medalha is aPortuguesenoun. It means: chapa metálica com gravação de inscrição, data, efígie, número, etc Pronounced /mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/. It ranks #3,575 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with medula and muralha.

Key facts for medalha
PropertyValue
Headwordmedalha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,575
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of medalha in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for medalha is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for medalha, with forms such as "emdalha", "mdealha", and "meadlha". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is medalha, spelled M-E-D-A-L-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    chapa metálica com gravação de inscrição, data, efígie, número, etc
  2. 2
    prêmio de concurso ou exposição
  3. 3
    peça de devoção religiosa
  4. 4
    impacto 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for medalha

Misspelling Variants of "medalha"

emdalha7mdealha7meadlha7medahla7medalah7medalhha8medallha8meddalha8
Misspelling Variants of "medalha"

Frequency rank: #3,575 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "medalha"?
"medalha" is spelled M-E-D-A-L-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/.
What does "medalha" mean?
As a noun, "medalha" means: chapa metálica com gravação de inscrição, data, efígie, número, etc
What words are commonly confused with "medalha"?
"medalha" is commonly confused with "medula", "muralha", "medalhão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "medalha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "medalha" is /mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "medalha" come from?
"medalha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.