abdução

//ɐb.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,869

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

abdução is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato de afastar membros ou partes de membros do corpo humano Pronounced /ɐb.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Often confused with adoção and adição.

Key facts for abdução
PropertyValue
Headwordabdução
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐb.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,869
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abdução in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for abdução is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐb.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #40,869 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for abdução, with forms such as "abbdução", "abddução", and "abduãço". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "adoção", "adição", "audição", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is abdução, spelled A-B-D-U-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de afastar membros ou partes de membros do corpo humano
  2. 2
    rapto violento, ou por meio de sedução
  3. 3
    ato de raptar realizado por criatura extraterrestre a um ser terrestre, em especial humano a estar na biosfera do planeta Terra

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbdução,abddução,abduãço,abduçoã,abdçuão,abudção,adbução,badução

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abdução

Misspelling Variants of "abdução"

abbdução8abddução8abduãço7abduçoã7abdçuão7abudção7adbução7badução7
Misspelling Variants of "abdução"

Frequency rank: #40,869 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abdução"?
"abdução" is spelled A-B-D-U-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐb.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "abdução" mean?
As a noun, "abdução" means: ato de afastar membros ou partes de membros do corpo humano
What words are commonly confused with "abdução"?
"abdução" is commonly confused with "adoção", "adição", "audição". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abdução"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abdução" is /ɐb.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abdução" come from?
"abdução" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.