melhores
The verdict
“melhores” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #465
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de melhor
Corpus desk
Index PT-melhores · melhores · Portuguese
melhores · rank #465 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #465
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH fácil
Nearest frequency peer: fácil (-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 “melhores”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- federal
federal
99,539 corpus weight
- forte
forte
99,538 corpus weight
- fácil
fácil
99,537 corpus weight
- melhores
melhores
99,536 corpus weight
- outubro
outubro
99,533 corpus weight
- passa
passa
99,532 corpus weight
What this shows “melhores” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | melhores |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #465 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “melhores”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around melhores, anoun. Corpus frequency is #465 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural de melhor".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for melhores, with forms such as "emlhores", "mehlores", and "melhhores". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "melhoria", "melhor", "melhora", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is melhores, spelled M-E-L-H-O-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural de melhor
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how melhores appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Da falta deles, logo entre os melhores
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emlhores
- mehlores
- melhhores
- melhoers
- melhoress
- melhorres
- melhorse
- melhroes
- mellhores
- melohres
- mlehores
- mmelhores
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of melhores - 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.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "melhores", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).