módulo

//ˈmɔ.du.lu// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,915

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

módulo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: unidade de medida usada para definir as proporções dos corpos nas construções Pronounced /ˈmɔ.du.lu/. It ranks #6,915 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with mouro and modo.

Key facts for módulo
PropertyValue
Headwordmódulo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmɔ.du.lu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,915
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for módulo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɔ.du.lu/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,915 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for módulo, with forms such as "mdóulo", "mmódulo", and "móddulo". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "mouro", "modo", "model", 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 módulo, spelled M-Ó-D-U-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    unidade de medida usada para definir as proporções dos corpos nas construções
  2. 2
    quantidade utilizada como unidade para qualquer tipo de medida
  3. 3
    bloco de composição ou de construção de um todo
  4. 4
    diâmetro comparativo de uma medalha ou moeda
  5. 5
    valor absoluto de um número real, também chamado "módulo de a", é denotado por |a| e definido como o máximo valor entre a e -a, isto é: |a| = max{a,-a}
  6. 6
    número com o qual se multiplica logaritmos em um sistema para se obter logaritmos em outro sistema

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mdóulo,mmódulo,móddulo,módluo,módullo,móduol,móudlo,ómdulo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for módulo

Misspelling Variants of "módulo"

mdóulo6mmódulo7móddulo7módluo6módullo7móduol6móudlo6ómdulo6
Misspelling Variants of "módulo"

Frequency rank: #6,915 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "módulo"?
"módulo" is spelled M-Ó-D-U-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɔ.du.lu/.
What does "módulo" mean?
As a noun, "módulo" means: unidade de medida usada para definir as proporções dos corpos nas construções
What words are commonly confused with "módulo"?
"módulo" is commonly confused with "mouro", "modo", "model". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "módulo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "módulo" is /ˈmɔ.du.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "módulo" come from?
"módulo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.