mendigo
/mẽ.ˈʤi.gu/
The verdict
“mendigo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #14,185 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,185
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquele que vive de pedir esmolas
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 | mendigo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mẽ.ˈʤi.gu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mendigo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mendigo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mẽ.ˈʤi.gu/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,185 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mendigo, with forms such as "emndigo", "mednigo", and "menddigo". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "menino", "médio", "meigo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mendigo, spelled M-E-N-D-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1aquele que vive de pedir esmolas
- 2indigente
- 3pobre
- 4indivíduo sem abrigo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emndigo,mednigo,menddigo,mendgio,mendiggo,mendiog,menidgo,menndigo,mmendigo,mnedigo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mendigo - 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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Using “mendigo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-N-D-I-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mẽ.ˈʤi.gu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “menino” - see the side-by-side comparison. mendigo vs menino
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.