mira
/ˈmi.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“mira” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,185) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #7,185
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de mirar
Corpus desk
Index PT-mira · mira · Portuguese
mira · rank #7,185 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,185
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH microfone
Nearest frequency peer: microfone (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “mira”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- manifesto
manifesto
92,822 corpus weight
- microfone
microfone
92,817 corpus weight
- mira
mira
92,816 corpus weight
- mole
mole
92,814 corpus weight
- morada
morada
92,813 corpus weight
- movimentação
movimentação
92,812 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “mira” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | mira |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmi.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “mira”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for mira is neighbouring look-alikes ("mix", "mor", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈmi.ɾɐ/. Frequency #7,185 among 1,087 “M” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for mira, with forms such as "imra", "miar", and "mmira". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mix", "mor", "mit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is mira, spelled M-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de mirar
- 2habilidade em atingir um alvo
- 3o que se quer alcançar
- 4o que se pretende fazer
- 5imagem de controle emitida pelas emissoras de televisão para verificar a qualidade da transmissão
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imra
- miar
- mmira
- mria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mira - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mira", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).