mister

//miʃ.ˈtɛɾ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,861

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

mister is aPortuguesenoun. It means: se diz de algo de grande importância, de suma importância Pronounced /miʃ.ˈtɛɾ/. Often confused with misto and mistura.

Key facts for mister
PropertyValue
Headwordmister
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/miʃ.ˈtɛɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,861
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mister in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mister is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /miʃ.ˈtɛɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,861 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for mister, with forms such as "imster", "misetr", and "misster". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "misto", "mistura", "mistério", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mister, spelled M-I-S-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    se diz de algo de grande importância, de suma importância
  2. 2
    se diz de algo que é necessário, indispensável
  3. 3
    ato de exercer uma função ou cargo
  4. 4
    necessidade, precisão
  5. 5
    serviço, trabalho, incumbência, tarefa

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imster,misetr,misster,misterr,mistre,mistter,mitser,mmister,msiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mister

Misspelling Variants of "mister"

imster6misetr6misster7misterr7mistre6mistter7mitser6mmister7
Misspelling Variants of "mister"

Frequency rank: #15,861 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mister"?
"mister" is spelled M-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /miʃ.ˈtɛɾ/.
What does "mister" mean?
As a noun, "mister" means: se diz de algo de grande importância, de suma importância
What words are commonly confused with "mister"?
"mister" is commonly confused with "misto", "mistura", "mistério". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mister" is /miʃ.ˈtɛɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mister" come from?
"mister" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.