alegação

//ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,382

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

alegação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: arrazoado em favor de uma causa Pronounced /ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Often confused with apelação and alocação.

Key facts for alegação
PropertyValue
Headwordalegação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,382
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alegação is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,382 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for alegação, with forms such as "aelgação", "aleagção", and "alegaãço". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "apelação", "alocação", "anexação", 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 alegação, spelled A-L-E-G-A-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
    arrazoado em favor de uma causa
  2. 2
    argumento
  3. 3
    razão
  4. 4
    prova

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelgação,aleagção,alegaãço,alegaçoã,aleggação,alegçaão,algeação,allegação,laegação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alegação

Misspelling Variants of "alegação"

aelgação8aleagção8alegaãço8alegaçoã8aleggação9alegçaão8algeação8allegação9
Misspelling Variants of "alegação"

Frequency rank: #11,382 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alegação"?
"alegação" is spelled A-L-E-G-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "alegação" mean?
As a noun, "alegação" means: arrazoado em favor de uma causa
What words are commonly confused with "alegação"?
"alegação" is commonly confused with "apelação", "alocação", "anexação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alegação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alegação" is /ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alegação" come from?
"alegação" 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.