memorial

adj

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The verdict

“memorial” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,788
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à memória, à lembrança

Corpus desk

Index PT-memorial · memorial · Portuguese

memorial · rank #6,788 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,788
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mesas

Nearest frequency peer: mesas (+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 “memorial”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “memorial” 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).

memorial vs memorizar
78% similar
memorial vs memória
75% similar

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

Key facts for memorial
PropertyValue
Headwordmemorial
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,788
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “memorial”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.memorialcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mesas” (#6,789), “localidade” (#6,785), “metas” (#6,791). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “memorial” fica em #6,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around memorial, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,788 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for memorial, with forms such as "emmorial", "memmorial", and "memoiral". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "memorizar", "memória", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is memorial, spelled M-E-M-O-R-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à memória, à lembrança
  2. 2
    que merece ser lembrado
  3. 3
    relativo a qualquer memória do ano litúrgico

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cartão memorial.
  2. Missa memorial.

Synonyms

memorável

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmorial
  • memmorial
  • memoiral
  • memorail
  • memoriall
  • memorila
  • memorrial
  • memroial
  • meomrial
  • mmemorial
  • mmeorial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of memorial - 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.

emmorial2memmorial1memoiral2memorail2memoriall1memorila2memorrial1memroial2
Edit distance from "memorial"

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 "memorial"?
"memorial" is spelled M-E-M-O-R-I-A-L.
What does "memorial" mean?
As an adjective, "memorial" means: relativo à memória, à lembrança
What words are commonly confused with "memorial"?
"memorial" is commonly confused with "memorizar", "memória". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "memorial" come from?
"memorial" 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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "memorial", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

resultar#6,810tropical#6,819vaticano#6,821combinar#6,745

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

afastado11 variantscriativo11 variantscritério11 variantshabitual11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list