middle
/ˈmɪdəl/
The verdict
“middle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,901
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - centro; meio
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | middle |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪdəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “middle” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around middle (IPA /ˈmɪdəl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,901 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "centro; meio".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for middle, with forms such as "imddle", "mdidle", and "middel". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is middle, spelled M-I-D-D-L-E.
Definition
- 1centro; meio
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imddle
- mdidle
- middel
- middlle
- midlde
- midle
- mmiddle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of middle - 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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Using “middle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-I-D-D-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.