might
The verdict
“might” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,286
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - poderio
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 | might |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #28,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “might” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around might, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,286 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for might, with forms such as "imght", "mgiht", and "migght". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mit", "Mist", "minha", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is might, spelled M-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1poderio
- 2poder, força
- 3influência de alguém ou de um grupo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imght
- mgiht
- migght
- mighht
- mightt
- migth
- mihgt
- mmight
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of might - 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 “might”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-I-G-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “mit” - see the side-by-side comparison. might vs mit
- 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.