mística
The verdict
“mística” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,587. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,587
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estudo ou prática do misticismo, da busca de união com o divino ou com realidades espirituais
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 | mística |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mística” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around mística, anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,587 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mística, with forms such as "mmística", "msítica", and "mísitca". 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, "mistura", "mímica", "mestiço", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is mística, spelled M-Í-S-T-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1estudo ou prática do misticismo, da busca de união com o divino ou com realidades espirituais
- 2vida dedicada à religião, às práticas de devoção e contemplação espiritual
- 3crença intensa ou devoção a uma ideia, doutrina, pessoa ou causa
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmística
- msítica
- mísitca
- mísstica
- místcia
- místiac
- místicca
- místtica
- mítsica
- ímstica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mística - 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 “mística”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-Í-S-T-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “mistura” - see the side-by-side comparison. mística vs mistura
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.