mediano

/mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nu/

//mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nu// adj

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The verdict

“mediano” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,717
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que está no meio

Corpus desk

Index PT-mediano · mediano · Portuguese

mediano · rank #24,717 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,717
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH meigo

Nearest frequency peer: meigo (+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 “mediano”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mediano” 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).

mediano vs médio
57% similar
mediano vs médico
57% similar
mediano vs menino
71% similar

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

Key facts for mediano
PropertyValue
Headwordmediano
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,717
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mediano”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).medianocai 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 “meigo” (#24,718), “mercearia” (#24,720), “marijuana” (#24,713). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mediano” fica em #24,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mediano (IPA /mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,717 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mediano, with forms such as "emdiano", "mdeiano", and "medaino". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "médio", "médico", "menino", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 mediano, spelled M-E-D-I-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que está no meio
  2. 2
    que está entre dois extremos
  3. 3
    medíocre
  4. 4
    moderado

This word in other languages

mediano(Español)médian(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emdiano
  • mdeiano
  • medaino
  • meddiano
  • medianno
  • mediaon
  • medinao
  • meidano
  • mmediano

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emdiano2mdeiano2medaino2meddiano1medianno1mediaon2medinao2meidano2
Edit distance from "mediano"

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 "mediano"?
"mediano" is spelled M-E-D-I-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nu/.
What does "mediano" mean?
As an adjective, "mediano" means: que está no meio
What words are commonly confused with "mediano"?
"mediano" is commonly confused with "médio", "médico", "menino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mediano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mediano" is /mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mediano" come from?
"mediano" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

hangar9 variantsforjar9 variantsencaixe9 variantsamuleto9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list