micro
The verdict
“micro” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,247
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - muito pequeno
Corpus desk
Index PT-micro · micro · Portuguese
micro · rank #4,247 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,247
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH metro
Nearest frequency peer: metro (-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 “micro”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- libertação
libertação
95,758 corpus weight
- limpo
limpo
95,757 corpus weight
- metro
metro
95,755 corpus weight
- micro
micro
95,754 corpus weight
- misericórdia
misericórdia
95,752 corpus weight
- mito
mito
95,751 corpus weight
What this shows “micro” 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 | micro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “micro”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around micro, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,247 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "muito pequeno".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for micro, with forms such as "imcro", "mciro", and "miccro". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mir", "mito", "muro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is micro, spelled M-I-C-R-O.
Definition
- 1muito pequeno
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how micro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ela usava uma micro saia.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imcro
- mciro
- miccro
- micor
- micrro
- mirco
- mmicro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of micro - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "micro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).