militar

/mɨ.li.ˈtaɾ/

//mɨ.li.ˈtaɾ// adj

The verdict

“militar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#605
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo às forças armadas

Corpus desk

Index PT-militar · militar · Portuguese

militar · rank #605 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #605
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH luz

Nearest frequency peer: luz (-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 “militar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “militar” 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).

militar vs multar
71% similar
militar vs mitigar
71% similar
militar vs milhar
71% similar

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

Key facts for militar
PropertyValue
Headwordmilitar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/mɨ.li.ˈtaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#605
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “militar”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).militarcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “luz” (#604), “modo” (#606), “julho” (#603). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “militar” fica em #605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around militar (IPA /mɨ.li.ˈtaɾ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #605 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relativo às forças armadas".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for militar, with forms such as "imlitar", "miiltar", and "miliatr". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "multar", "mitigar", "milhar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is militar, spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo às forças armadas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how militar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Não há, portanto, condições objetivas para a integração militar.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imlitar
  • miiltar
  • miliatr
  • militarr
  • militra
  • milittar
  • millitar
  • miltiar
  • mliitar
  • mmilitar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imlitar2miiltar2miliatr2militarr1militra2milittar1millitar1miltiar2
Edit distance from "militar"

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 "militar"?
"militar" is spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /mɨ.li.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "militar" mean?
As an adjective, "militar" means: relativo às forças armadas
What words are commonly confused with "militar"?
"militar" is commonly confused with "multar", "mitigar", "milhar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "militar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "militar" is /mɨ.li.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "militar" come from?
"militar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list