mordida

noun

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The verdict

“mordida” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,725
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - marca deixada pelos dentes de um animal

Corpus desk

Index PT-mordida · mordida · Portuguese

mordida · rank #12,725 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,725
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH molecular

Nearest frequency peer: molecular (-1 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 “mordida”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “mordida” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mordida vs mordido
86% similar
mordida vs medida
71% similar
mordida vs morada
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mordida
PropertyValue
Headwordmordida
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,725
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mordida”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.mordidacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “molecular” (#12,724), “mountain” (#12,728), “milícia” (#12,721). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mordida” fica em #12,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mordida, anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,725 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "marca deixada pelos dentes de um animal".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mordida, with forms such as "mmordida", "modrida", and "morddia". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mordido", "medida", "morada", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 mordida, spelled M-O-R-D-I-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    marca deixada pelos dentes de um animal

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mordida appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O tiranossauro teve a mordida mais poderosa entre todas as criaturas que já habitaram a Terra, dizem cientistas.

This word in other languages

bite(English)mordida(Español)morsure(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmordida
  • modrida
  • morddia
  • morddida
  • mordiad
  • mordidda
  • moridda
  • morrdida
  • mrodida
  • omrdida

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mordida - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmordida1modrida2morddia2morddida1mordiad2mordidda1moridda2morrdida1
Edit distance from "mordida"

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 "mordida"?
"mordida" is spelled M-O-R-D-I-D-A.
What does "mordida" mean?
As a noun, "mordida" means: marca deixada pelos dentes de um animal
What words are commonly confused with "mordida"?
"mordida" is commonly confused with "mordido", "medida", "morada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mordida" come from?
"mordida" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mordida", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

milícia#12,721nothing#12,733lençóis#12,712perfect#12,745

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

forense10 variantssecular10 variantsfalante10 variantsesponja10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list