múmia
/ˈmu.mjɐ/
The verdict
“múmia” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,420
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cadáver humano conservado através de técnicas de embalsamento
Corpus desk
Index PT-mumia · múmia · Portuguese
múmia · rank #23,420 · 6 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,420
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH noise
Nearest frequency peer: noise (+3 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 “múmia”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- mercantil
mercantil
76,591 corpus weight
- modéstia
modéstia
76,588 corpus weight
- mordido
mordido
76,587 corpus weight
- motociclista
motociclista
76,586 corpus weight
- múmia
múmia
76,581 corpus weight
- noise
noise
76,578 corpus weight
What this shows “múmia” 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 | múmia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmu.mjɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “múmia”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around múmia (IPA /ˈmu.mjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,420 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for múmia, with forms such as "mmúia", "mmúmia", and "múima". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "mui", "meia", "muda", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is múmia, spelled M-Ú-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1cadáver humano conservado através de técnicas de embalsamento
- 2cadáver que se desseca naturalmente, sem entrar em putrefação
- 3pessoa muito magra
- 4pessoa inerte, sem vida
- 5indivíduo de idade avançada e/ou de ideias anacrônicas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how múmia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O museu tem como grande atração três múmias de 2700 anos de idade, conservadas em seus respectivos sarcófagos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmúia
- mmúmia
- múima
- múmai
- múmmia
- úmmia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of múmia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "múmia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).