medalha

/mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/

//mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ// noun

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The verdict

“medalha” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,575
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chapa metálica com gravação de inscrição, data, efígie, número, etc

Corpus desk

Index PT-medalha · medalha · Portuguese

medalha · rank #3,575 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,575
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH oceano

Nearest frequency peer: oceano (+2 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 “medalha”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “medalha” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

medalha vs medula
71% similar
medalha vs muralha
71% similar
medalha vs medalhão
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “medalha”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).medalhacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “oceano” (#3,577), “parlamentar” (#3,581), “gritar” (#3,568). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “medalha” fica em #3,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around medalha (IPA /mɨ.ˈda.ʎɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,575 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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

condecoração

This word in other languages

medal(English)medalla(Español)médaille(Français)Medaille(Deutsch)

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.

emdalha2mdealha2meadlha2medahla2medalah2medalhha1medallha1meddalha1
Edit distance from "medalha"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

riqueza#3,585autoria#3,599círculo#3,610carinho#3,536

Similar misspelling depth

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

terrível10 variantsAlberto10 variantsfórmula10 variantsincluir10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list