miragem
/mi.ˈɾa.ʒɐ̃j̃/
The verdict
“miragem” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,439
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - efeito da refração e reflexão, frequente nos desertos, que faz ver na atmosfera a imagem mais próxima e invertida de objetos distantes
Corpus desk
Index PT-miragem · miragem · Portuguese
miragem · rank #29,439 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,439
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mofo
Nearest frequency peer: mofo (+3 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 “miragem”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- malaio
malaio
70,580 corpus weight
- matamos
matamos
70,571 corpus weight
- menopausa
menopausa
70,569 corpus weight
- miragem
miragem
70,562 corpus weight
- mofo
mofo
70,559 corpus weight
- paralisar
paralisar
70,545 corpus weight
What this shows “miragem” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | miragem |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mi.ˈɾa.ʒɐ̃j̃/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “miragem”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around miragem (IPA /mi.ˈɾa.ʒɐ̃j̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,439 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for miragem, with forms such as "imragem", "miargem", and "miraegm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "moagem", "mixagem", "margem", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 miragem, spelled M-I-R-A-G-E-M.
Definition
- 1efeito da refração e reflexão, frequente nos desertos, que faz ver na atmosfera a imagem mais próxima e invertida de objetos distantes
- 2engano dos sentidos; ilusão; decepção
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how miragem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seria um oásis se não fosse apenas uma miragem.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imragem
- miargem
- miraegm
- miragemm
- miraggem
- miragme
- mirgaem
- mirragem
- mmiragem
- mriagem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miragem - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "miragem", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).