menina

noun

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The verdict

“menina” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,015
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - criança do gênero feminino

Corpus desk

Index PT-menina · menina · Portuguese

menina · rank #1,015 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,015
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH medida

Nearest frequency peer: medida (-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 “menina”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “menina” 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).

menina vs menta
67% similar
menina vs menino
83% similar
menina vs mentira
71% similar

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

Key facts for menina
PropertyValue
Headwordmenina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,015
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “menina”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “medida” (#1,014), “metade” (#1,016), “marca” (#1,013). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “menina” fica em #1,015. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around menina, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,015 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for menina, with forms such as "emnina", "meinna", and "menian". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "menta", "menino", "mentira", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is menina, spelled M-E-N-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    criança do gênero feminino
  2. 2
    adolescente ou mulher jovem do gênero feminino
  3. 3
    vocativo pessoal que se usa durante conversas
  4. 4
    usado para se chamar alguém do gênero feminino, sobretudo em funções de atendimento ao público (pode ser considerado ofensivo em algumas regiões)
  5. 5
    meretriz
  6. 6
    rapaz com jeitos afeminados
  7. 7
    vulva

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Menina, deixa eu te contar as novidades.
  2. Menina, você pode me atender aqui?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emnina
  • meinna
  • menian
  • meninna
  • mennia
  • mennina
  • mmenina
  • mneina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of menina - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emnina2meinna2menian2meninna1mennia2mennina1mmenina1mneina2
Edit distance from "menina"

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 "menina"?
"menina" is spelled M-E-N-I-N-A.
What does "menina" mean?
As a noun, "menina" means: criança do gênero feminino
What words are commonly confused with "menina"?
"menina" is commonly confused with "menta", "menino", "mentira". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "menina" come from?
"menina" 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 "menina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

medida#1,014metade#1,016perfil#1,018França#1,011

Similar misspelling depth

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

querer8 variantsperdeu8 variantsestudo8 variantsparque8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list