motel
/mɔ.ˈtɛɫ/
The verdict
“motel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,372. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,372
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estabelecimento de hospedagem em que as pessoas geralmente vão com o objetivo de manter relações sexuais e não necessariamente para conseguir alojamento
Corpus desk
Index PT-motel · motel · Portuguese
motel · rank #9,372 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,372
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH monitorar
Nearest frequency peer: monitorar (-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 “motel”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- lâmina
lâmina
90,634 corpus weight
- lésbica
lésbica
90,633 corpus weight
- Mai
Mai
90,632 corpus weight
- monitorar
monitorar
90,630 corpus weight
- motel
motel
90,629 corpus weight
- naqueles
naqueles
90,627 corpus weight
What this shows “motel” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | motel |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɔ.ˈtɛɫ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “motel”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around motel (IPA /mɔ.ˈtɛɫ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,372 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for motel, with forms such as "mmotel", "moetl", and "motell". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is motel, spelled M-O-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1estabelecimento de hospedagem em que as pessoas geralmente vão com o objetivo de manter relações sexuais e não necessariamente para conseguir alojamento
- 2estabelecimento de hospedagem com quartos adjacentes ao estacionamento, geralmente para estadias curtas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how motel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De acordo com o Departamento de Homicídios e Proteção à Pessoa (DHPP), cinco pessoas, entre elas a vítima, entraram em um motel, mas na hora de ir embora, havia apenas quatro pessoas dentro do carro.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmotel
- moetl
- motell
- motle
- mottel
- mtoel
- omtel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of motel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).