myra

noun

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The verdict

“myra” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,072 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,072
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - formiga

Corpus desk

Index PT-myra · myra · Portuguese

myra · rank #58,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,072
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH natalício

Nearest frequency peer: natalício (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “myra”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for myra
PropertyValue
Headwordmyra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#58,072
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “myra” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).myracai 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: “natalício” (#58,075), “mossa” (#58,067), “mosquete” (#58,066). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “myra” fica em #58,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

myra is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,072 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "formiga".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for myra, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is myra, spelled M-Y-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    formiga

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Myrorna hade byggt en stack bakom huset.

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 "myra"?
"myra" is spelled M-Y-R-A.
What does "myra" mean?
As a noun, "myra" means: formiga
What language does "myra" come from?
"myra" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ocre#58,093piro#58,121koko#58,018dico#57,875

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list