mensagem

noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#651

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

mensagem is aPortuguesenoun. It means: uma comunicação que contém alguma informação, notícia, pedido, conselho, etc. enviada por algum meio de comunicação It ranks #651 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with message and montagem.

Key facts for mensagem
PropertyValue
Headwordmensagem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#651
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mensagem in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mensagem is 8 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #651 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for mensagem, with forms such as "emnsagem", "menasgem", and "mennsagem". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "message", "montagem", "metragem", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mensagem, spelled M-E-N-S-A-G-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    uma comunicação que contém alguma informação, notícia, pedido, conselho, etc. enviada por algum meio de comunicação
  2. 2
    o ponto, a moral, o significado de uma fala, romance, filme etc

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emnsagem,menasgem,mennsagem,mensaegm,mensagemm,mensaggem,mensagme,mensgaem,menssagem,mesnagem,mmensagem,mnesagem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mensagem

Misspelling Variants of "mensagem"

emnsagem8menasgem8mennsagem9mensaegm8mensagemm9mensaggem9mensagme8mensgaem8
Misspelling Variants of "mensagem"

Frequency rank: #651 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mensagem"?
"mensagem" is spelled M-E-N-S-A-G-E-M.
What does "mensagem" mean?
As a noun, "mensagem" means: uma comunicação que contém alguma informação, notícia, pedido, conselho, etc. enviada por algum meio de comunicação
What words are commonly confused with "mensagem"?
"mensagem" is commonly confused with "message", "montagem", "metragem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mensagem" come from?
"mensagem" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.