meses
/ˈme.zis/
The verdict
“meses” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #366
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de mês
Corpus desk
Index PT-meses · meses · Portuguese
meses · rank #366 · 6 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #366
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH fui
Nearest frequency peer: fui (-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 “meses”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- corpo
corpo
99,638 corpus weight
- desta
desta
99,637 corpus weight
- fui
fui
99,636 corpus weight
- meses
meses
99,635 corpus weight
- realmente
realmente
99,633 corpus weight
- tenha
tenha
99,632 corpus weight
What this shows “meses” 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 | meses |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈme.zis/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “meses”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around meses (IPA /ˈme.zis/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #366 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural de mês".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for meses, with forms such as "emses", "meess", and "mesess". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "miss", "mesh", "mesmo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is meses, spelled M-E-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural de mês
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emses
- meess
- mesess
- messes
- mmeses
- msees
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).