ministro

noun

The verdict

“ministro” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#760
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - membro do Governo que dirige um ministério

Corpus desk

Index PT-ministro · ministro · Portuguese

ministro · rank #760 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #760
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mercado

Nearest frequency peer: mercado (-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 “ministro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ministro” 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).

ministro vs monstro
75% similar
ministro vs Minister
63% similar
ministro vs ministrar
78% similar

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

Key facts for ministro
PropertyValue
Headwordministro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#760
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ministro”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).ministrocai 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 “mercado” (#759), “mãos” (#761), “resposta” (#762). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “ministro” fica em #760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around ministro, anoun. Corpus frequency is #760 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ministro, with forms such as "imnistro", "miinstro", and "minisrto". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "monstro", "Minister", "ministrar", and more, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ministro, spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    membro do Governo que dirige um ministério
  2. 2
    designação de certos representantes diplomáticos
  3. 3
    aquele a quem incumbe um cargo ou função
  4. 4
    auxiliar, executor, servidor

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. “Eles não devem estar lá fazendo turismo”, diz o deputado Aldo Rebelo (PC do B-SP), que acompanha o drama da reserva dos cintas-largas desde o grande massacre de abril de 2004, quando era ministro da Articulação Política.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnistro
  • miinstro
  • minisrto
  • minisstro
  • ministor
  • ministrro
  • ministtro
  • minitsro
  • minnistro
  • minsitro
  • mministro
  • mniistro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imnistro2miinstro2minisrto2minisstro1ministor2ministrro1ministtro1minitsro2
Edit distance from "ministro"

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 "ministro"?
"ministro" is spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-R-O.
What does "ministro" mean?
As a noun, "ministro" means: membro do Governo que dirige um ministério
What words are commonly confused with "ministro"?
"ministro" is commonly confused with "monstro", "Minister", "ministrar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ministro" come from?
"ministro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list