meleca
The verdict
“meleca” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,468. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,468
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - secreção nasal úmida ou seca
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meleca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #45,468 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meleca” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around meleca, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,468 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for meleca, with forms such as "emleca", "meelca", and "melcea". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "muleta", "maleta", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is meleca, spelled M-E-L-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1secreção nasal úmida ou seca
- 2coisa de má qualidade; porcaria
- 3sujeira feita com substância gosmenta e aderente
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emleca
- meelca
- melcea
- meleac
- melecca
- melleca
- mleeca
- mmeleca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meleca - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “meleca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-L-E-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “muleta” - see the side-by-side comparison. meleca vs muleta
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.