Múrcia

noun

The verdict

“Múrcia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,973 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,973
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cidade do sudeste da Espanha, capital da província e da comunidade autônoma de mesmo nome

Corpus desk

Index PT-murcia · Múrcia · Portuguese

Múrcia · rank #97,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,973
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH neodímio

Nearest frequency peer: neodímio (+6 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Múrcia”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Múrcia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Múrcia
PropertyValue
HeadwordMúrcia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#97,973
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Múrcia” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Múrciacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “neodímio” (#97,979), “nihil” (#97,989), “metralhar” (#97,952). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “Múrcia” fica em #97,973. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Múrcia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,973 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    cidade do sudeste da Espanha, capital da província e da comunidade autônoma de mesmo nome
  2. 2
    comunidade autônoma da Espanha
  3. 3
    única província da comunidade autônoma homônima

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Múrcia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Duas outras regiões autônomas com problemas, Valência e Múrcia, já informaram que pedirão ajuda do fundo.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Múrcia"?
"Múrcia" is spelled M-Ú-R-C-I-A.
What does "Múrcia" mean?
As a noun, "Múrcia" means: cidade do sudeste da Espanha, capital da província e da comunidade autônoma de mesmo nome
What language does "Múrcia" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Múrcia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list