misericórdia
/mi.zɨ.ɾi.ˈkɔɾ.djɐ/
The verdict
“misericórdia” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,249. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,249
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa medo, espanto
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | misericórdia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /mi.zɨ.ɾi.ˈkɔɾ.djɐ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “misericórdia” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around misericórdia (IPA /mi.zɨ.ɾi.ˈkɔɾ.djɐ/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #4,249 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for misericórdia, with forms such as "imsericórdia", "miesricórdia", and "miseircórdia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is misericórdia, spelled M-I-S-E-R-I-C-Ó-R-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1expressa medo, espanto
- 2expressa medo, espanto e compadecimento
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imsericórdia,miesricórdia,miseircórdia,miserciórdia,misericcórdia,misericródia,misericódria,misericórdai,misericórddia,misericórida,misericórrdia,miseriócrdia,miserricórdia,misreicórdia,missericórdia,mmisericórdia,msiericórdia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of misericórdia - 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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Using “misericórdia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-I-S-E-R-I-C-Ó-R-D-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mi.zɨ.ɾi.ˈkɔɾ.djɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.