metalúrgica
The verdict
“metalúrgica” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #33,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,939
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estabelecimento ou empresa dedicada à metalurgia, isto é, ao trabalho de transformação, fundição e tratamento de metais e suas ligas
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 | metalúrgica |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #33,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “metalúrgica” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around metalúrgica, anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,939 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for metalúrgica, with forms such as "emtalúrgica", "meatlúrgica", and "metallúrgica". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "metalurgia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is metalúrgica, spelled M-E-T-A-L-Ú-R-G-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1estabelecimento ou empresa dedicada à metalurgia, isto é, ao trabalho de transformação, fundição e tratamento de metais e suas ligas
- 2oficina ou fábrica onde se realizam processos de fundição, usinagem e conformação de metais
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emtalúrgica
- meatlúrgica
- metallúrgica
- metalrúgica
- metalúgrica
- metalúrgcia
- metalúrggica
- metalúrgiac
- metalúrgicca
- metalúrigca
- metalúrrgica
- metaúlrgica
- metlaúrgica
- mettalúrgica
- mmetalúrgica
- mtealúrgica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of metalúrgica - 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.
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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Using “metalúrgica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-T-A-L-Ú-R-G-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “metalurgia” - see the side-by-side comparison. metalúrgica vs metalurgia
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.