meiose
The verdict
“meiose” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,629 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,629
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - processo de divisão celular através do qual uma célula tem o seu número de cromossomos reduzido pela metade
Corpus desk
Index PT-meiose · meiose · Portuguese
meiose · rank #65,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,629
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mamo
Nearest frequency peer: mamo (-8 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “meiose”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ladrar
ladrar
34,401 corpus weight
- loto
loto
34,385 corpus weight
- madras
madras
34,381 corpus weight
- mamo
mamo
34,380 corpus weight
- meiose
meiose
34,372 corpus weight
- muna
muna
34,348 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “meiose” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meiose |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “meiose” em português
Rare enough to double-check
meiose is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,629 among 1,087 “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
- 1processo de divisão celular através do qual uma célula tem o seu número de cromossomos reduzido pela metade
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how meiose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… estimular a ovulação e liberar um maior número de células reprodutoras altera o processo da duplicação de cromossomos conhecido como meiose.
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.
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