molestar
/mu.lɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“molestar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,944. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,944
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ofender, magoar
Corpus desk
Index PT-molestar · molestar · Portuguese
molestar · rank #45,944 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,944
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH nadie
Nearest frequency peer: nadie (+8 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 “molestar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- molestar
molestar
54,057 corpus weight
- nadie
nadie
54,049 corpus weight
- nudes
nudes
54,042 corpus weight
- oncologista
oncologista
54,033 corpus weight
- Orestes
Orestes
54,031 corpus weight
- ornamento
ornamento
54,030 corpus weight
What this shows “molestar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | molestar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mu.lɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “molestar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around molestar (IPA /mu.lɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,944 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for molestar, with forms such as "mloestar", "mmolestar", and "moelstar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is molestar, spelled M-O-L-E-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1ofender, magoar
- 2causar prejuízo a
- 3incomodar
- 4atacar sexualmente
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mloestar
- mmolestar
- moelstar
- molesatr
- molesstar
- molestarr
- molestra
- molesttar
- moletsar
- mollestar
- molsetar
- omlestar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of molestar - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "molestar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).