mistério

/miʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/

//miʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju// noun

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The verdict

“mistério” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,920
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conjunto de doutrinas restritas aos iniciados

Corpus desk

Index PT-misterio · mistério · Portuguese

mistério · rank #3,920 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,920
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH laranja

Nearest frequency peer: laranja (-2 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 “mistério”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mistério” 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).

mistério vs misterioso
70% similar
mistério vs mister
63% similar
mistério vs miséria
75% similar

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

Key facts for mistério
PropertyValue
Headwordmistério
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/miʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,920
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mistério”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).mistériocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “laranja” (#3,918), “king” (#3,916), “Not” (#3,924). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mistério” fica em #3,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mistério (IPA /miʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,920 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mistério, with forms such as "imstério", "misstério", and "mistréio". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "misterioso", "mister", "miséria", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is mistério, spelled M-I-S-T-É-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    conjunto de doutrinas restritas aos iniciados
  2. 2
    dogma impenetrável à razão
  3. 3
    enigma
  4. 4
    segredo

This word in other languages

mystery(English)misterio(Español)mystère(Français)Geheimnis(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imstério
  • misstério
  • mistréio
  • misttério
  • mistéiro
  • mistéroi
  • mistérrio
  • misétrio
  • mitsério
  • mmistério
  • msitério

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mistério - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

imstério2misstério1mistréio2misttério1mistéiro2mistéroi2mistérrio1misétrio2
Edit distance from "mistério"

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 "mistério"?
"mistério" is spelled M-I-S-T-É-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /miʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/.
What does "mistério" mean?
As a noun, "mistério" means: conjunto de doutrinas restritas aos iniciados
What words are commonly confused with "mistério"?
"mistério" is commonly confused with "misterioso", "mister", "miséria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mistério"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mistério" is /miʃ.ˈtɛ.ɾju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mistério" come from?
"mistério" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

diversão#3,896criminal#3,890atingido#3,960corações#3,970

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

esquerdo11 variantsestatuto11 variantsnarrativa11 variantsassegurar11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list