mestiço

adj

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The verdict

“mestiço” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,397
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que descende de pai e mãe de raças diferentes

Corpus desk

Index PT-mestico · mestiço · Portuguese

mestiço · rank #25,397 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,397
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH message

Nearest frequency peer: message (-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 “mestiço”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mestiço” 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).

mestiço vs México
29% similar
mestiço vs mosaico
57% similar
mestiço vs mística
57% similar

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

Key facts for mestiço
PropertyValue
Headwordmestiço
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,397
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mestiço”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.mestiçocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “message” (#25,396), “metano” (#25,398), “menstrual” (#25,395). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mestiço” fica em #25,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mestiço, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,397 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que descende de pai e mãe de raças diferentes".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mestiço, with forms such as "emstiço", "mesitço", and "messtiço". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "México", "mosaico", "mística", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 mestiço, spelled M-E-S-T-I-Ç-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que descende de pai e mãe de raças diferentes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Num país mestiço como o nosso, que tem na África uma matriz cultural importante na formação da identidade nacional, tal publicação é relevante, bem-vinda e deveria estar em todas as bibliotecas públicas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emstiço
  • mesitço
  • messtiço
  • mestioç
  • mesttiço
  • mestçio
  • metsiço
  • mmestiço
  • msetiço

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mestiço - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emstiço2mesitço2messtiço1mestioç2mesttiço1mestçio2metsiço2mmestiço1
Edit distance from "mestiço"

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 "mestiço"?
"mestiço" is spelled M-E-S-T-I-Ç-O.
What does "mestiço" mean?
As an adjective, "mestiço" means: que descende de pai e mãe de raças diferentes
What words are commonly confused with "mestiço"?
"mestiço" is commonly confused with "México", "mosaico", "mística". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mestiço" come from?
"mestiço" 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?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

message#25,396ketchup#25,371permuta#25,429promise#25,449

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

adequar9 variantsapólice9 variantscercar9 variantsbiópsia9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list