mental

/mẽ.ˈtaɫ/

//mẽ.ˈtaɫ// adj

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The verdict

“mental” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,091
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que é relativo à mente

Corpus desk

Index PT-mental · mental · Portuguese

mental · rank #3,091 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,091
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH máxima

Nearest frequency peer: máxima (+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 “mental”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mental” 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).

mental vs meta
67% similar
mental vs mente
67% similar
mental vs metal
83% similar

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

Key facts for mental
PropertyValue
Headwordmental
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/mẽ.ˈtaɫ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,091
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mental”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “máxima” (#3,092), “lar” (#3,089), “off” (#3,093). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mental” fica em #3,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mental (IPA /mẽ.ˈtaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,091 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 mental, with forms such as "emntal", "menatl", and "menntal". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "meta", "mente", "metal", and more, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is mental, spelled M-E-N-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que é relativo à mente
  2. 2
    que se faz em pensamento; que se elabora em abstrato, sem expressão oral ou escrita
  3. 3
    que é relativo ao funcionamento do cérebro

Synonyms

intelectual

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emntal
  • menatl
  • menntal
  • mentall
  • mentla
  • menttal
  • metnal
  • mmental
  • mnetal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emntal2menatl2menntal1mentall1mentla2menttal1metnal2mmental1
Edit distance from "mental"

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 "mental"?
"mental" is spelled M-E-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /mẽ.ˈtaɫ/.
What does "mental" mean?
As an adjective, "mental" means: que é relativo à mente
What words are commonly confused with "mental"?
"mental" is commonly confused with "meta", "mente", "metal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mental"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mental" is /mẽ.ˈtaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mental" come from?
"mental" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

máxima#3,092pastor#3,097planta#3,100queijo#3,102

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

campus9 variantstrinta9 variantsinvasão9 variantsocupação9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list