ministro
The verdict
“ministro” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #760 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #760
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - membro do Governo que dirige um ministério
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ministro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ministro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ministro is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #760 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1membro do Governo que dirige um ministério
- 2designação de certos representantes diplomáticos
- 3aquele a quem incumbe um cargo ou função
- 4auxiliar, executor, servidor
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.
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.
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Using “ministro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-I-N-I-S-T-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “monstro” - see the side-by-side comparison. ministro vs monstro
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.