ministro

noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#760

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

ministro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: membro do Governo que dirige um ministério It ranks #760 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with monstro and Minister.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ministro is 8 letters long, classified as anoun. 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for ministro, with forms such as "imnistro", "miinstro", and "minisrto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "monstro", "Minister", "ministrar", 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 ministro, spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ministro

Misspelling Variants of "ministro"

imnistro8miinstro8minisrto8minisstro9ministor8ministrro9ministtro9minitsro8
Misspelling Variants of "ministro"

Frequency rank: #760 in Portuguese

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.