médico

adj

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The verdict

“médico” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #968. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#968
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce

Corpus desk

Index PT-medico · médico · Portuguese

médico · rank #968 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #968
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH municipal

Nearest frequency peer: municipal (-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 “médico”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “médico” 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).

médico vs meio
50% similar
médico vs medo
50% similar
médico vs médio
83% similar

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

Key facts for médico
PropertyValue
Headwordmédico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#968
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “médico”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).médicocai 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 “municipal” (#967), “negócio” (#969), “normal” (#970). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “médico” fica em #968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around médico, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #968 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for médico, with forms such as "mdéico", "mmédico", and "médcio". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "meio", "medo", "médio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is médico, spelled M-É-D-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vários indícios nos levaram a pensar que as Farc queriam um apoio médico.

Synonyms

medicalmedicinal

This word in other languages

medical(English)medizinisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mdéico
  • mmédico
  • médcio
  • méddico
  • médicco
  • médioc
  • méidco
  • émdico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mdéico2mmédico1médcio2méddico1médicco1médioc2méidco2émdico2
Edit distance from "médico"

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 "médico"?
"médico" is spelled M-É-D-I-C-O.
What does "médico" mean?
As an adjective, "médico" means: que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce
What words are commonly confused with "médico"?
"médico" is commonly confused with "meio", "medo", "médio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "médico" come from?
"médico" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

normal#970missão#965título#975humano#960

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

estilo8 variantsdireção8 variantsestudo8 variantscabelo8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list