acusação

/ɐ.ku.zɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/

//ɐ.ku.zɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“acusação” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,032. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,032
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de acusar

Corpus desk

Index PT-acusacao · acusação · Portuguese

acusação · rank #4,032 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,032
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH Adam

Nearest frequency peer: Adam (+1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “acusação”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “acusação” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

acusação vs atuação
75% similar
acusação vs anulação
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for acusação
PropertyValue
Headwordacusação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ku.zɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,032
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “acusação”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).acusaçãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Adam” (#4,033), “adiante” (#4,034), “treinar” (#4,028). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “acusação” fica em #4,032. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around acusação (IPA /ɐ.ku.zɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,032 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for acusação, with forms such as "accusação", "acsuação", and "acuasção". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "atuação", "anulação", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is acusação, spelled A-C-U-S-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de acusar
  2. 2
    censura, imputação de culpas, denúncia
  3. 3
    processo que indicia alguém como réu; conjunto de pessoas que tenta provar a culpa do réu

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Uma acusação grave, essa que me fazes!!
  2. A acusação compreende a prática de assassinatos, seqüestros e torturas, sob o manto da Operação Condor, uma rede internacional que articulava ações repressivas das ditaduras do Cone Sul nas décadas de 70 e 80.

This word in other languages

accusation(English)acusación(Español)accusation(Français)Beschuldigung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accusação
  • acsuação
  • acuasção
  • acusaãço
  • acusaçoã
  • acussação
  • acusçaão
  • aucsação
  • causação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acusação - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

accusação1acsuação2acuasção2acusaãço2acusaçoã2acussação1acusçaão2aucsação2
Edit distance from "acusação"

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 "acusação"?
"acusação" is spelled A-C-U-S-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ku.zɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/.
What does "acusação" mean?
As a noun, "acusação" means: ato ou efeito de acusar
What words are commonly confused with "acusação"?
"acusação" is commonly confused with "atuação", "anulação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acusação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acusação" is /ɐ.ku.zɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acusação" come from?
"acusação" 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 "acusação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recepção#4,019profundo#4,017contagem#4,052emissora#4,063

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

adiante9 variantsbrilho9 variantscargos9 variantsdebaixo9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list