medidor

noun

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The verdict

“medidor” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,721
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento para medir algo

Corpus desk

Index PT-medidor · medidor · Portuguese

medidor · rank #22,721 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,721
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH memory

Nearest frequency peer: memory (+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 “medidor”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “medidor” 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).

medidor vs médio
57% similar
medidor vs medir
71% similar
medidor vs meditar
71% similar

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

Key facts for medidor
PropertyValue
Headwordmedidor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,721
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “medidor”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “memory” (#22,722), “maçonaria” (#22,719), “martírio” (#22,718). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “medidor” fica em #22,721. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around medidor, anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,721 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "instrumento para medir algo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for medidor, with forms such as "emdidor", "mdeidor", and "meddidor". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "médio", "medir", "meditar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is medidor, spelled M-E-D-I-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    instrumento para medir algo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A instalação e uso desses medidores eletrônicos não terá custo para o consumidor.

This word in other languages

meter(English)medidor(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emdidor
  • mdeidor
  • meddidor
  • meddior
  • mediddor
  • medidorr
  • medidro
  • mediodr
  • meiddor
  • mmedidor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emdidor2mdeidor2meddidor1meddior2mediddor1medidorr1medidro2mediodr2
Edit distance from "medidor"

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 "medidor"?
"medidor" is spelled M-E-D-I-D-O-R.
What does "medidor" mean?
As a noun, "medidor" means: instrumento para medir algo
What words are commonly confused with "medidor"?
"medidor" is commonly confused with "médio", "medir", "meditar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "medidor" come from?
"medidor" 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 "medidor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

litígio#22,710nocaute#22,732sintaxe#22,800eugenia#22,638

Similar misspelling depth

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

myself10 variantsrecomeço10 variantsdeveras10 variantsaquarela10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list