aglutinação
/ɐ.ɡlu.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“aglutinação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,521 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,521
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de aglutinar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aglutinação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ɡlu.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aglutinação” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
aglutinação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,521 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.ɡlu.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aglutinação, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is aglutinação, spelled A-G-L-U-T-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de aglutinar.
- 2(Linguística) processo morfológico em que duas ou mais palavras juntam-se para formarem uma nova palavra. E, deste processo, sempre resulta a perda de alguns fonemas e acentos pertencentes às palavras que se aglutinaram.
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-G-L-U-T-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.ɡlu.ti.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.