mirim

adj

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The verdict

“mirim” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,289. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,289
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - destinado a crianças

Corpus desk

Index PT-mirim · mirim · Portuguese

mirim · rank #12,289 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,289
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH menu

Nearest frequency peer: menu (-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 “mirim”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mirim” 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).

mirim vs motim
60% similar
mirim vs mirra
60% similar
mirim vs mim
60% similar

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

Key facts for mirim
PropertyValue
Headwordmirim
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,289
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mirim”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.mirimcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “menu” (#12,288), “meditação” (#12,287), “moralidade” (#12,293). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mirim” fica em #12,289. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mirim, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,289 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mirim, with forms such as "imrim", "miirm", and "mirimm". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "motim", "mirra", "mim", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mirim, spelled M-I-R-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    destinado a crianças
  2. 2
    pequeno
  3. 3
    ainda criança
  4. 4
    na faixa dos 14 anos (diz-se de categoria de jogadores)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Clube de esportes mirim.
  2. Um rio mirim é um riacho.

Antonyms

açu

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imrim
  • miirm
  • mirimm
  • mirmi
  • mirrim
  • mmirim
  • mriim

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imrim2miirm2mirimm1mirmi2mirrim1mmirim1mriim2
Edit distance from "mirim"

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 "mirim"?
"mirim" is spelled M-I-R-I-M.
What does "mirim" mean?
As an adjective, "mirim" means: destinado a crianças
What words are commonly confused with "mirim"?
"mirim" is commonly confused with "motim", "mirra", "mim". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mirim" come from?
"mirim" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

libra#12,279print#12,314image#12,260girar#12,256

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

otário7 variantsHTML7 variantsentes7 variantstemor7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list