Montenegro
/mõ.te.'ne.gɾu/, /mõ.ʧi.'ne.gɾu/
The verdict
“Montenegro” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,565
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - país europeu que faz fronteira com a Albânia, Croácia, Bósnia-Herzegovina e Sérvia, e cuja capital é Podgorica
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Montenegro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mõ.te.'ne.gɾu/, /mõ.ʧi.'ne.gɾu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Montenegro” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Montenegro (IPA /mõ.te.'ne.gɾu/, /mõ.ʧi.'ne.gɾu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,565 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Montenegro, with forms such as "mmontenegro", "mnotenegro", and "monetnegro". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is Montenegro, spelled M-O-N-T-E-N-E-G-R-O.
Definition
- 1país europeu que faz fronteira com a Albânia, Croácia, Bósnia-Herzegovina e Sérvia, e cuja capital é Podgorica
- 2município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
- 3sobrenome comum em português
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmontenegro
- mnotenegro
- monetnegro
- monntenegro
- monteengro
- monteneggro
- montenegor
- montenegrro
- montenergo
- montengero
- montennegro
- montneegro
- monttenegro
- motnenegro
- omntenegro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Montenegro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Montenegro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-O-N-T-E-N-E-G-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mõ.te.'ne.gɾu/, /mõ.ʧi.'ne.gɾu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.