meirinho
The verdict
“meirinho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,996 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,996
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - antigo funcionário da justiça; corresponde hoje em dia ao oficial de justiça
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meirinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meirinho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
meirinho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,996 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "antigo funcionário da justiça; corresponde hoje em dia ao oficial de justiça".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for meirinho, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is meirinho, spelled M-E-I-R-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1antigo funcionário da justiça; corresponde hoje em dia ao oficial de justiça
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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Using “meirinho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-I-R-I-N-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.