motorista

/mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente)

//mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente)/ noun

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The verdict

“motorista” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,964. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,964
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que conduz veículo automotivo

Corpus desk

Index PT-motorista · motorista · Portuguese

motorista · rank #2,964 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,964
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH news

Nearest frequency peer: news (+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 “motorista”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “motorista” 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
Key facts for motorista
PropertyValue
Headwordmotorista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente)
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,964
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “motorista”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.motoristacai 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 “news” (#2,965), “morar” (#2,962), “orientação” (#2,967). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “motorista” fica em #2,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around motorista (IPA /mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,964 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pessoa que conduz veículo automotivo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for motorista, with forms such as "mmotorista", "mootrista", and "motoirsta". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is motorista, spelled M-O-T-O-R-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que conduz veículo automotivo

Synonyms

chofer

This word in other languages

driver(English)conductor(Español)chauffeur(Français)Fahrer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmotorista
  • mootrista
  • motoirsta
  • motorisat
  • motorissta
  • motoristta
  • motoritsa
  • motorrista
  • motorsita
  • motroista
  • mottorista
  • mtoorista
  • omtorista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of motorista - 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.

mmotorista1mootrista2motoirsta2motorisat2motorissta1motoristta1motoritsa2motorrista1
Edit distance from "motorista"

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 "motorista"?
"motorista" is spelled M-O-T-O-R-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente).
What does "motorista" mean?
As a noun, "motorista" means: pessoa que conduz veículo automotivo
What are common misspellings of "motorista"?
Common misspellings include "mmotorista", "mootrista", "motoirsta", "motorisat", "motorissta". The correct spelling is "motorista".
How do you pronounce "motorista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motorista" is /mo.to.ˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (mais frequente), /mo.to.ˈɾis.tɐ/ (menos frequente). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motorista" come from?
"motorista" 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 "motorista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Venezuela#2,981aparência#2,985convidado#2,935escolhido#3,005

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

instalação13 variantscomparação13 variantsassistente13 variantsorganizar13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list