meritório

Name: meritório, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/me.ɾiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/

//me.ɾiˈtɔ.ɾi.u// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“meritório” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,024 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,024
frequency rank, Portuguese: 2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - qualidade de quem ou do que tem mérito, se distingue; que merece prêmio ou recompensa

Key facts for meritório
Property	Value
Headword	meritório
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/me.ɾiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#84,024
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “meritório” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). meritório lands here:

#84,024

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

meritório is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,024 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /me.ɾiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "qualidade de quem ou do que tem mérito, se distingue; que merece prêmio ou recompensa".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for meritório, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is meritório, spelled M-E-R-I-T-Ó-R-I-O.

Definition

1
qualidade de quem ou do que tem mérito, se distingue; que merece prêmio ou recompensa

Synonyms

distinto louvávelmerecedormeritoso

Antonyms

demeritório

This word in other languages

meritorious(English)meritorio(Español)méritoire(Français)lobenswert(Deutsch)

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 "meritório"?

"meritório" is spelled M-E-R-I-T-Ó-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /me.ɾiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/.

What does "meritório" mean?

As an adjective, "meritório" means: qualidade de quem ou do que tem mérito, se distingue; que merece prêmio ou recompensa

How do you pronounce "meritório"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meritório" is /me.ɾiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "meritório" come from?

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Using “meritório”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-R-I-T-Ó-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /me.ɾiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.