ministério

/mɨ.niʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/

//mɨ.niʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju// noun

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The verdict

“ministério” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #742. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#742
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ocupação, ofício, profissão manual

Corpus desk

Index PT-ministerio · ministério · Portuguese

ministério · rank #742 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #742
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH feita

Nearest frequency peer: feita (-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 “ministério”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ministério” 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).

ministério vs ministro
80% similar
ministério vs mistério
80% similar
ministério vs monastério
80% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ministério”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “feita” (#741), “morrer” (#743), “contar” (#740). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “ministério” fica em #742. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around ministério (IPA /mɨ.niʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #742 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for ministério, with forms such as "imnistério", "miinstério", and "minisstério". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ministro", "mistério", "monastério", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 ministério, spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-É-R-I-O.

Definition

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

This word in other languages

ministry(English)ministerio(Español)ministère(Français)Ministerium(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnistério
  • miinstério
  • minisstério
  • ministréio
  • ministtério
  • ministéiro
  • ministéroi
  • ministérrio
  • minisétrio
  • minitsério
  • minnistério
  • minsitério
  • mministério
  • mniistério

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imnistério2miinstério2minisstério1ministréio2ministtério1ministéiro2ministéroi2ministérrio1
Edit distance from "ministério"

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 "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

finalmente#786associação#798comunidade#685tecnologia#679

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

comunicação14 variantsorganização14 variantsatualmente14 variantstrabalhar14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list