mite
/maɪt/
The verdict
“mite” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,963 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,963
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ácaro
Corpus desk
Index PT-mite · mite · Portuguese
mite · rank #95,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,963
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH misantropo
Nearest frequency peer: misantropo (-3 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “mite”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mensageria
mensageria
4,054 corpus weight
- mimetismo
mimetismo
4,047 corpus weight
- miocardite
miocardite
4,044 corpus weight
- misantropo
misantropo
4,041 corpus weight
- mite
mite
4,038 corpus weight
- moins
moins
4,033 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mite” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mite |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maɪt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mite” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mite is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,963 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /maɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mite in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is mite, spelled M-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1ácaro
- 2pequena moeda antiga que circulou na Inglaterra
- 3unidade de massa equivalente a um vigésimo de grão, ou seja, cerca de 3,24 miligramas
- 4pequerrucho, criança muito pequena, nenê
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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