mortal

adj

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The verdict

“mortal” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,555
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que está sujeito à morte

Corpus desk

Index PT-mortal · mortal · Portuguese

mortal · rank #5,555 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,555
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH modalidade

Nearest frequency peer: modalidade (-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 “mortal”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mortal” 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).

mortal vs morte
67% similar
mortal vs morto
67% similar
mortal vs motel
67% similar

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

Key facts for mortal
PropertyValue
Headwordmortal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,555
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mortal”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).mortalcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “modalidade” (#5,554), “mineração” (#5,553), “mando” (#5,551). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mortal” fica em #5,555. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mortal, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,555 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mortal, with forms such as "mmortal", "moratl", and "morrtal". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "morte", "morto", "motel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mortal, spelled M-O-R-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que está sujeito à morte
  2. 2
    que causa a morte

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O leopardo parece retesado como um arco, pronto para disparar a carga mortal dos músculos que ondulam o flanco dourado.

Synonyms

letal

This word in other languages

mortal(English)mortal(Español)mortel(Français)tödlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmortal
  • moratl
  • morrtal
  • mortall
  • mortla
  • morttal
  • motral
  • mrotal
  • omrtal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mortal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmortal1moratl2morrtal1mortall1mortla2morttal1motral2mrotal2
Edit distance from "mortal"

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 "mortal"?
"mortal" is spelled M-O-R-T-A-L.
What does "mortal" mean?
As an adjective, "mortal" means: que está sujeito à morte
What words are commonly confused with "mortal"?
"mortal" is commonly confused with "morte", "morto", "motel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mortal" come from?
"mortal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

livrar#5,550inútil#5,542queixa#5,574sermos#5,579

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

roubado9 variantssonhar9 variantsalgodão9 variantsdemissão9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list