motel

//mɔ.ˈtɛɫ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,372

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

motel is aPortuguesenoun. It means: estabelecimento de hospedagem em que as pessoas geralmente vão com o objetivo de manter relações sexuais e não necessariamente para conseguir alojamento Pronounced /mɔ.ˈtɛɫ/. It ranks #9,372 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with moto and móvel.

Key facts for motel
PropertyValue
Headwordmotel
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɔ.ˈtɛɫ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,372
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of motel in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for motel is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɔ.ˈtɛɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,372 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for motel, with forms such as "mmotel", "moetl", and "motell". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "moto", "móvel", "mover", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is motel, spelled M-O-T-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estabelecimento de hospedagem em que as pessoas geralmente vão com o objetivo de manter relações sexuais e não necessariamente para conseguir alojamento
  2. 2
    estabelecimento de hospedagem com quartos adjacentes ao estacionamento, geralmente para estadias curtas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmotel,moetl,motell,motle,mottel,mtoel,omtel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for motel

Misspelling Variants of "motel"

mmotel6moetl5motell6motle5mottel6mtoel5omtel5
Misspelling Variants of "motel"

Frequency rank: #9,372 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "motel"?
"motel" is spelled M-O-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /mɔ.ˈtɛɫ/.
What does "motel" mean?
As a noun, "motel" means: estabelecimento de hospedagem em que as pessoas geralmente vão com o objetivo de manter relações sexuais e não necessariamente para conseguir alojamento
What words are commonly confused with "motel"?
"motel" is commonly confused with "moto", "móvel", "mover". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "motel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motel" is /mɔ.ˈtɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motel" come from?
"motel" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.