meiose

noun

The verdict

“meiose” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,629 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,629
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - processo de divisão celular através do qual uma célula tem o seu número de cromossomos reduzido pela metade

Key facts for meiose
PropertyValue
Headwordmeiose
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,629
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “meiose” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). meiose lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

meiose is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,629 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "processo de divisão celular através do qual uma célula tem o seu número de cromossomos reduzido pela metade".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for meiose, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is meiose, spelled M-E-I-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    processo de divisão celular através do qual uma célula tem o seu número de cromossomos reduzido pela metade

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); 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 "meiose"?
"meiose" is spelled M-E-I-O-S-E.
What does "meiose" mean?
As a noun, "meiose" means: processo de divisão celular através do qual uma célula tem o seu número de cromossomos reduzido pela metade
What language does "meiose" come from?
"meiose" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “meiose”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-I-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list