megabyte
The verdict
“megabyte” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - múltiplo do byte (MB); pode representar 1.000.000 bytes (10⁶ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.048.576 bytes (2²⁰ na base 2)
Corpus desk
Index PT-megabyte · megabyte · Portuguese
megabyte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | megabyte |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “megabyte” em português
Rare enough to double-check
megabyte is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "múltiplo do byte (MB); pode representar 1.000.000 bytes (10⁶ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.048.576 bytes (2²⁰ na base 2)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for megabyte, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is megabyte, spelled M-E-G-A-B-Y-T-E.
Definition
- 1múltiplo do byte (MB); pode representar 1.000.000 bytes (10⁶ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.048.576 bytes (2²⁰ na base 2)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how megabyte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os discos flexíveis de 3½ polegadas têm uma capacidade de armazenamento de 1,44 megabytes.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.