miraclevsmiranteTell them apart

Which to use

“miracle” and “mirante” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,943
“miracle” frequency rank
#18,114
“mirante” frequency rank
52057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miracle mirante
Definition milagre local elevado de onde se pode observar um panorama

Letter map: miracle vs mirante

Shared letters muted; letters that set miracle and mirante apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
miracle
7 ch
mirante

Corpus notes: miracle and mirante

miracle and mirante are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miracle is recorded at frequency rank #33,943, classified as anoun. mirante is at rank #18,114, tagged as anoun, pronounced /miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 52057, this pair ranks #13,074 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of miracle vs mirante

Shared letters: aeimr. Private to "miracle": cl. Private to "mirante": nt.

"miracle" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "mirante" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miracleimracle · miarcle · miraccle · miracel · miraclle · miralce · mircale · mirracle
  • miranteimrante · miarnte · miranet · mirannte · mirantte · miratne · mirnate · mirrante

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "miracle" and "mirante" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "miracle" or "mirante"?
"mirante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,114 in our Portuguese list, against #33,943 for "miracle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "miracle" and "mirante". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "miracle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mirante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,074 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miracle" and "mirante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maçante vs mirante". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #13,074 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list