morcego
/muɾ.ˈse.ɣu/
The verdict
“morcego” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #13,566 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,566
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mamífero quiróptero voador, que pode ser insetívoro, frugívoro ou hematófago, que se guia pela reflexão de ondas sonoras
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morcego |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /muɾ.ˈse.ɣu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “morcego” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for morcego is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /muɾ.ˈse.ɣu/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,566 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mamífero quiróptero voador, que pode ser insetívoro, frugívoro ou hematófago, que se guia pela reflexão de ondas sonoras".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for morcego, with forms such as "mmorcego", "mocrego", and "morccego". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "moreno", "morango", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is morcego, spelled M-O-R-C-E-G-O.
Definition
- 1mamífero quiróptero voador, que pode ser insetívoro, frugívoro ou hematófago, que se guia pela reflexão de ondas sonoras
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmorcego,mocrego,morccego,morceggo,morceog,morcgeo,morecgo,morrcego,mrocego,omrcego
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of morcego - 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 “morcego”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-O-R-C-E-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /muɾ.ˈse.ɣu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “moreno” - see the side-by-side comparison. morcego vs moreno
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.