ministério

//mɨ.niʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#742

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

ministério is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ocupação, ofício, profissão manual Pronounced /mɨ.niʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/. It ranks #742 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ministro and mistério.

Key facts for ministério
PropertyValue
Headwordministério
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɨ.niʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/
Letters10
Frequency rank#742
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ministério in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ministério is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɨ.niʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/. Corpus data places it at rank #742 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for ministério, with forms such as "imnistério", "miinstério", and "minisstério". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ministro", "mistério", "monastério", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is ministério, spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-É-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ocupação, ofício, profissão manual
  2. 2
    parte da administração do Estado, atribuída a cada ministro
  3. 3
    sacerdócio

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imnistério,miinstério,minisstério,ministréio,ministtério,ministéiro,ministéroi,ministérrio,minisétrio,minitsério,minnistério,minsitério,mministério,mniistério

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ministério

Misspelling Variants of "ministério"

imnistério10miinstério10minisstério11ministréio10ministtério11ministéiro10ministéroi10ministérrio11
Misspelling Variants of "ministério"

Frequency rank: #742 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ministério"?
"ministério" is spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-É-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /mɨ.niʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/.
What does "ministério" mean?
As a noun, "ministério" means: ocupação, ofício, profissão manual
What words are commonly confused with "ministério"?
"ministério" is commonly confused with "ministro", "mistério", "monastério". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ministério"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ministério" is /mɨ.niʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ministério" come from?
"ministério" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.