montepio

noun

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The verdict

“montepio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,281 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,281
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instituição mutualista e financeira de capitais privados na qual cada membro tem o direito de, em caso de morte, deixar pensão pagável a alguém de sua escolha

Key facts for montepio
PropertyValue
Headwordmontepio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,281
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “montepio” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). montepio lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

montepio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,281 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "instituição mutualista e financeira de capitais privados na qual cada membro tem o direito de, em caso de morte, deixar pensão pagável a alguém de sua escolha".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for montepio, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 montepio, spelled M-O-N-T-E-P-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    instituição mutualista e financeira de capitais privados na qual cada membro tem o direito de, em caso de morte, deixar pensão pagável a alguém de sua escolha

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "montepio"?
"montepio" is spelled M-O-N-T-E-P-I-O.
What does "montepio" mean?
As a noun, "montepio" means: instituição mutualista e financeira de capitais privados na qual cada membro tem o direito de, em caso de morte, deixar pensão pagável a alguém de sua escolha
What language does "montepio" come from?
"montepio" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “montepio”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-O-N-T-E-P-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list