modesto

adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,561

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

modesto is anPortugueseadj. It means: que tem ou mostra humildade ou moderação quanto a seus próprios méritos, importância, etc; sem vaidade, egoísmo ou pretensão Often confused with momento and modelo.

Key facts for modesto
PropertyValue
Headwordmodesto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,561
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for modesto is 7 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #13,561 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for modesto, with forms such as "mdoesto", "mmodesto", and "moddesto". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "momento", "modelo", "moderno", 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 modesto, spelled M-O-D-E-S-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem ou mostra humildade ou moderação quanto a seus próprios méritos, importância, etc; sem vaidade, egoísmo ou pretensão
  2. 2
    sem ostentação ou extravagância
  3. 3
    limitado, moderado

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mdoesto,mmodesto,moddesto,modesot,modessto,modestto,modetso,modseto,moedsto,omdesto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for modesto

Misspelling Variants of "modesto"

mdoesto7mmodesto8moddesto8modesot7modessto8modestto8modetso7modseto7
Misspelling Variants of "modesto"

Frequency rank: #13,561 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "modesto"?
"modesto" is spelled M-O-D-E-S-T-O.
What does "modesto" mean?
As an adj, "modesto" means: que tem ou mostra humildade ou moderação quanto a seus próprios méritos, importância, etc; sem vaidade, egoísmo ou pretensão
What words are commonly confused with "modesto"?
"modesto" is commonly confused with "momento", "modelo", "moderno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "modesto" come from?
"modesto" 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.