melado

noun

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The verdict

“melado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #46,950. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,950
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caldo grosso de cana-de-açúcar ou rapadura dissolvida e que é usado como sobremesa

Corpus desk

Index PT-melado · melado · Portuguese

melado · rank #46,950 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,950
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH medonho

Nearest frequency peer: medonho (-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 “melado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “melado” 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).

melado vs Melo
50% similar
melado vs milão
50% similar
melado vs melão
67% similar

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

Key facts for melado
PropertyValue
Headwordmelado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,950
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “melado”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).meladocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “medonho” (#46,949), “matiz” (#46,943), “nalgumas” (#46,969). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “melado” fica em #46,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around melado, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,950 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "caldo grosso de cana-de-açúcar ou rapadura dissolvida e que é usado como sobremesa".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for melado, with forms such as "emlado", "mealdo", and "meladdo". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Melo", "milão", "melão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is melado, spelled M-E-L-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    caldo grosso de cana-de-açúcar ou rapadura dissolvida e que é usado como sobremesa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nunca a nossa esquerda festiva se divertiu tanto como nestes últimos seis anos de desgoverno e corrupção. Quem nunca comeu melado, quando come se lambuza.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emlado
  • mealdo
  • meladdo
  • melaod
  • meldao
  • mellado
  • mleado
  • mmelado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of melado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emlado2mealdo2meladdo1melaod2meldao2mellado1mleado2mmelado1
Edit distance from "melado"

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 "melado"?
"melado" is spelled M-E-L-A-D-O.
What does "melado" mean?
As a noun, "melado" means: caldo grosso de cana-de-açúcar ou rapadura dissolvida e que é usado como sobremesa
What words are commonly confused with "melado"?
"melado" is commonly confused with "Melo", "milão", "melão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "melado" come from?
"melado" 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 "melado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lapela#46,912priest#47,020garçon#46,863rapida#47,038

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

travão8 variantsbolota8 variantsbuenas8 variantsermida8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list