mensal
/mẽ.ˈsaɫ/
The verdict
“mensal” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,968. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,968
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ao mês
Corpus desk
Index PT-mensal · mensal · Portuguese
mensal · rank #5,968 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,968
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH Lewis
Nearest frequency peer: Lewis (-3 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 “mensal”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Hungria
Hungria
94,043 corpus weight
- informática
informática
94,040 corpus weight
- ironia
ironia
94,038 corpus weight
- Lewis
Lewis
94,036 corpus weight
- mensal
mensal
94,033 corpus weight
- mágica
mágica
94,029 corpus weight
What this shows “mensal” 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 | mensal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mẽ.ˈsaɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “mensal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around mensal (IPA /mẽ.ˈsaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,968 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mensal, with forms such as "emnsal", "menasl", and "mennsal". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "mesa", "metal", "mesas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mensal, spelled M-E-N-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1relativo ao mês
- 2que se repete a cada mês
- 3que perdura por um mês
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emnsal
- menasl
- mennsal
- mensall
- mensla
- menssal
- mesnal
- mmensal
- mnesal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mensal - 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.
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 "mensal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).