merecimento

noun

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The verdict

“merecimento” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,613. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,613
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de merecer

Corpus desk

Index PT-merecimento · merecimento · Portuguese

merecimento · rank #41,613 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,613
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH morsa

Nearest frequency peer: morsa (+4 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 “merecimento”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “merecimento” 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
Key facts for merecimento
PropertyValue
Headwordmerecimento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#41,613
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “merecimento”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).merecimentocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “morsa” (#41,617), “mortífero” (#41,618), “museologia” (#41,619). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “merecimento” fica em #41,613. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around merecimento, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,613 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de merecer".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for merecimento, with forms such as "emrecimento", "meercimento", and "merceimento". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is merecimento, spelled M-E-R-E-C-I-M-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de merecer

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Falta pouco para que esse livro seja reconhecido no patamar de seu merecimento.

Synonyms

mérito

This word in other languages

merit(English)merecimiento(Español)valeur(Français)Wert(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrecimento
  • meercimento
  • merceimento
  • mereccimento
  • mereciemnto
  • merecimennto
  • merecimenot
  • merecimentto
  • merecimetno
  • merecimmento
  • merecimneto
  • merecmiento
  • mereicmento
  • merrecimento
  • mmerecimento
  • mreecimento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emrecimento2meercimento2merceimento2mereccimento1mereciemnto2merecimennto1merecimenot2merecimentto1
Edit distance from "merecimento"

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 "merecimento"?
"merecimento" is spelled M-E-R-E-C-I-M-E-N-T-O.
What does "merecimento" mean?
As a noun, "merecimento" means: ato ou efeito de merecer
What are common misspellings of "merecimento"?
Common misspellings include "emrecimento", "meercimento", "merceimento", "mereccimento", "mereciemnto". The correct spelling is "merecimento".
What language does "merecimento" come from?
"merecimento" 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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

irrefutável#41,562saxofonista#41,717desportista#41,443amargamente#41,334

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

subscrever16 variantsunderstand16 variantsconspiracy16 variantsviscosidade16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list