agência

//ɐ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,302

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

agência is aPortuguesenoun. It means: função ou escritório do agente Pronounced /ɐ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/. It ranks #1,302 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with agonia and ausência.

Key facts for agência
PropertyValue
Headwordagência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,302
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for agência is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,302 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for agência, with forms such as "aggência", "agnêcia", and "agêcnia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "agonia", "ausência", "anuência", 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 agência, spelled A-G-Ê-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    função ou escritório do agente
  2. 2
    escritório onde se tratam negócios
  3. 3
    filial de estabelecimento
  4. 4
    qualquer dos órgãos estatais, como a ANATEL, por exemplo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aggência,agnêcia,agêcnia,agêncai,agênccia,agênica,agênncia,aêgncia,gaência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for agência

Misspelling Variants of "agência"

aggência8agnêcia7agêcnia7agêncai7agênccia8agênica7agênncia8aêgncia7
Misspelling Variants of "agência"

Frequency rank: #1,302 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agência"?
"agência" is spelled A-G-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/.
What does "agência" mean?
As a noun, "agência" means: função ou escritório do agente
What words are commonly confused with "agência"?
"agência" is commonly confused with "agonia", "ausência", "anuência". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agência"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agência" is /ɐ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agência" come from?
"agência" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.