motriz

//mu.ˈtɾiʃ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,644

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

motriz is aPortuguesenoun. It means: coisa ou força que dá movimento Pronounced /mu.ˈtɾiʃ/. Often confused with motim and matiz.

Key facts for motriz
PropertyValue
Headwordmotriz
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mu.ˈtɾiʃ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,644
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for motriz is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mu.ˈtɾiʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,644 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "coisa ou força que dá movimento".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for motriz, with forms such as "mmotriz", "mortiz", and "motirz". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "motim", "matiz", "matriz", 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 motriz, spelled M-O-T-R-I-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    coisa ou força que dá movimento

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmotriz,mortiz,motirz,motrizz,motrriz,motrzi,mottriz,mtoriz,omtriz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for motriz

Misspelling Variants of "motriz"

mmotriz7mortiz6motirz6motrizz7motrriz7motrzi6mottriz7mtoriz6
Misspelling Variants of "motriz"

Frequency rank: #30,644 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "motriz"?
"motriz" is spelled M-O-T-R-I-Z. The IPA pronunciation is /mu.ˈtɾiʃ/.
What does "motriz" mean?
As a noun, "motriz" means: coisa ou força que dá movimento
What words are commonly confused with "motriz"?
"motriz" is commonly confused with "motim", "matiz", "matriz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "motriz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motriz" is /mu.ˈtɾiʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motriz" come from?
"motriz" 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.