miséria
/mi.ˈzɛ.ɾjɐ/
The verdict
“miséria” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,803
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estado de miserável
Corpus desk
Index PT-miseria · miséria · Portuguese
miséria · rank #7,803 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,803
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH misterioso
Nearest frequency peer: misterioso (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “miséria”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- maturidade
maturidade
92,202 corpus weight
- misterioso
misterioso
92,199 corpus weight
- miséria
miséria
92,198 corpus weight
- natação
natação
92,196 corpus weight
- nua
nua
92,193 corpus weight
- patente
patente
92,190 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “miséria” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | miséria |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mi.ˈzɛ.ɾjɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “miséria” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around miséria (IPA /mi.ˈzɛ.ɾjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,803 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for miséria, with forms such as "imséria", "misréia", and "misséria". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mistério", "matéria", "minério", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is miséria, spelled M-I-S-É-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1estado de miserável
- 2infortúnio
- 3pobreza
- 4penúria
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imséria
- misréia
- misséria
- miséira
- misérai
- misérria
- miésria
- mmiséria
- msiéria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miséria - 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 "miséria", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "miséria". Here's where to go from here.
- "miséria" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mistério". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,803 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.