Múrcia
The verdict
“Múrcia” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #97,973 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #97,973
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cidade do sudeste da Espanha, capital da província e da comunidade autônoma de mesmo nome
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Múrcia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Múrcia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Múrcia is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #97,973 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Múrcia, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Múrcia, spelled M-Ú-R-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1cidade do sudeste da Espanha, capital da província e da comunidade autônoma de mesmo nome
- 2comunidade autônoma da Espanha
- 3única província da comunidade autônoma homônima
This word in other languages
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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Using “Múrcia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-Ú-R-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.