mídia
The verdict
“mídia” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,543
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o coletivo das indústrias de comunicação e seus profissionais envolvidos
Corpus desk
Index PT-midia · mídia · Portuguese
mídia · rank #1,543 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,543
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH Londres
Nearest frequency peer: Londres (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mídia”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gay
gay
98,463 corpus weight
- jornalista
jornalista
98,462 corpus weight
- Londres
Londres
98,460 corpus weight
- mídia
mídia
98,458 corpus weight
- oliveira
oliveira
98,455 corpus weight
- perda
perda
98,453 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mídia” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | mídia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “mídia” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around mídia, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,543 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "o coletivo das indústrias de comunicação e seus profissionais envolvidos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mídia, with forms such as "mdíia", "mmídia", and "mídai". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "moda", "muda", "mira", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is mídia, spelled M-Í-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1o coletivo das indústrias de comunicação e seus profissionais envolvidos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mídia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A mídia tem se aperfeiçoado cada vez mais.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mdíia
- mmídia
- mídai
- míddia
- míida
- ímdia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mídia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "mídia", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "mídia". Here's where to go from here.
- "mídia" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "moda". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,543 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.