mesquinho
/mɨʃ.ˈki.ɲu/
The verdict
“mesquinho” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #33,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,085
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - insignificante, parco
Corpus desk
Index PT-mesquinho · mesquinho · Portuguese
mesquinho · rank #33,085 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,085
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH memorizar
Nearest frequency peer: memorizar (-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 “mesquinho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- maldoso
maldoso
66,930 corpus weight
- mediar
mediar
66,921 corpus weight
- memorizar
memorizar
66,920 corpus weight
- mesquinho
mesquinho
66,916 corpus weight
- misticismo
misticismo
66,912 corpus weight
- mulata
mulata
66,904 corpus weight
What this shows “mesquinho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mesquinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɨʃ.ˈki.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “mesquinho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around mesquinho (IPA /mɨʃ.ˈki.ɲu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,085 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mesquinho, with forms such as "emsquinho", "meqsuinho", and "mesqiunho". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is mesquinho, spelled M-E-S-Q-U-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1insignificante, parco
- 2avaro
- 3desditoso
- 4baixo, sórdido
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emsquinho
- meqsuinho
- mesqiunho
- mesqquinho
- mesquihno
- mesquinhho
- mesquinnho
- mesquinoh
- mesquniho
- messquinho
- mesuqinho
- mmesquinho
- msequinho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mesquinho - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).