message

/me.saʒ/, /mɛ.saʒ/

//me.saʒ/, /mɛ.saʒ// noun

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The verdict

“message” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,396. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,396
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mensagem, recado, comunicação feita por meio escrito ou oral

Corpus desk

Index PT-message · message · Portuguese

message · rank #25,396 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,396
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH menstrual

Nearest frequency peer: menstrual (-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 “message”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “message” 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).

message vs messe
71% similar
message vs mensagem
75% similar

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

Key facts for message
PropertyValue
Headwordmessage
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/me.saʒ/, /mɛ.saʒ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,396
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “message”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “menstrual” (#25,395), “mestiço” (#25,397), “metano” (#25,398). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “message” fica em #25,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around message (IPA /me.saʒ/, /mɛ.saʒ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,396 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for message, with forms such as "emssage", "mesage", and "mesasge". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "messe", "mensagem", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is message, spelled M-E-S-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    mensagem, recado, comunicação feita por meio escrito ou oral
  2. 2
    mensagem, contribuição (espiritual, ética, etc.) de uma pessoa, doutrina ou obra
  3. 3
    pronunciamento
  4. 4
    comunicado de um chefe de Estado feito ao Congresso
  5. 5
    mensagem publicitária

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans la communication, le message peut être verbal ou paraverbal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emssage
  • mesage
  • mesasge
  • messaeg
  • messagge
  • messgae
  • mmessage
  • msesage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emssage2mesage1mesasge2messaeg2messagge1messgae2mmessage1msesage2
Edit distance from "message"

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 "message"?
"message" is spelled M-E-S-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /me.saʒ/, /mɛ.saʒ/.
What does "message" mean?
As a noun, "message" means: mensagem, recado, comunicação feita por meio escrito ou oral
What words are commonly confused with "message"?
"message" is commonly confused with "messe", "mensagem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "message"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "message" is /me.saʒ/, /mɛ.saʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "message" come from?
"message" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mestiço#25,397ketchup#25,371permuta#25,429promise#25,449

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

metano8 variantsshift8 variantstrash8 variantsviegas8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list