milícia

/mɨ.ˈli.sjɐ/

//mɨ.ˈli.sjɐ// noun

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The verdict

“milícia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,721
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vida ou disciplina militar

Corpus desk

Index PT-milicia · milícia · Portuguese

milícia · rank #12,721 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,721
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH metropolitano

Nearest frequency peer: metropolitano (-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 “milícia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “milícia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

milícia vs mímica
43% similar
milícia vs malícia
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for milícia
PropertyValue
Headwordmilícia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɨ.ˈli.sjɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,721
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “milícia”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).milíciacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “metropolitano” (#12,720), “molecular” (#12,724), “mordida” (#12,725). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “milícia” fica em #12,721. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around milícia (IPA /mɨ.ˈli.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,721 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for milícia, with forms such as "imlícia", "milcíia", and "millícia". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mímica", "malícia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is milícia, spelled M-I-L-Í-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    vida ou disciplina militar
  2. 2
    funções militares
  3. 3
    exercício da guerra
  4. 4
    força militar de um país
  5. 5
    qualquer organização de cidadãos armados que não integram o exército de um país
  6. 6
    grupo de militantes de entidade religiosa, política etc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imlícia
  • milcíia
  • millícia
  • milícai
  • milíccia
  • milíica
  • miílcia
  • mliícia
  • mmilícia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of milícia - 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.

imlícia2milcíia2millícia1milícai2milíccia1milíica2miílcia2mliícia2
Edit distance from "milícia"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "milícia"?
"milícia" is spelled M-I-L-Í-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /mɨ.ˈli.sjɐ/.
What does "milícia" mean?
As a noun, "milícia" means: vida ou disciplina militar
What words are commonly confused with "milícia"?
"milícia" is commonly confused with "mímica", "malícia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "milícia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "milícia" is /mɨ.ˈli.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "milícia" come from?
"milícia" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "milícia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mordida#12,725lençóis#12,712nothing#12,733perfect#12,745

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

impact9 variantspregar9 variantsbancar9 variantsastral9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list