medicamento

/me.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu/

//me.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu// noun

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The verdict

“medicamento” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,078
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância ou preparado utilizada para sanar uma doença ou atenuar seus efeitos

Corpus desk

Index PT-medicamento · medicamento · Portuguese

medicamento · rank #9,078 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,078
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH maternidade

Nearest frequency peer: maternidade (-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 “medicamento”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “medicamento” 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 medicamento
PropertyValue
Headwordmedicamento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/me.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu/
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,078
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “medicamento”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “maternidade” (#9,077), “nascidos” (#9,079), “lúcio” (#9,073). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “medicamento” fica em #9,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around medicamento (IPA /me.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,078 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for medicamento, with forms such as "emdicamento", "mdeicamento", and "medciamento". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is medicamento, spelled M-E-D-I-C-A-M-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    substância ou preparado utilizada para sanar uma doença ou atenuar seus efeitos
  2. 2
    tudo aquilo que pode ser usado para resolver ou minorar um problema, uma situação complicada

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A enfermeira ministrou o medicamento no paciente.
  2. O medicamento usado para controlar o crime em Nova York foi a política de "

Synonyms

fármacomedicaçãomedicagemmezinhapanaceiaremédiotópico

This word in other languages

medicament(English)medicamento(Español)médicament(Français)Medikament(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emdicamento
  • mdeicamento
  • medciamento
  • meddicamento
  • mediacmento
  • medicaemnto
  • medicamennto
  • medicamenot
  • medicamentto
  • medicametno
  • medicammento
  • medicamneto
  • mediccamento
  • medicmaento
  • meidcamento
  • mmedicamento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of medicamento - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emdicamento2mdeicamento2medciamento2meddicamento1mediacmento2medicaemnto2medicamennto1medicamenot2
Edit distance from "medicamento"

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 "medicamento"?
"medicamento" is spelled M-E-D-I-C-A-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /me.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu/.
What does "medicamento" mean?
As a noun, "medicamento" means: substância ou preparado utilizada para sanar uma doença ou atenuar seus efeitos
What are common misspellings of "medicamento"?
Common misspellings include "emdicamento", "mdeicamento", "medciamento", "meddicamento", "mediacmento". The correct spelling is "medicamento".
How do you pronounce "medicamento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "medicamento" is /me.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "medicamento" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maternidade#9,077estratégico#9,050capitalista#9,149comprometer#9,157

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

sexualmente16 variantshonestidade16 variantsrecomendação16 variantspornografia16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list