alienação

//ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,068

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

alienação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de alienar(-se) Pronounced /ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Often confused with alteração and alimentação.

Key facts for alienação
PropertyValue
Headwordalienação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,068
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alienação is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,068 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for alienação, with forms such as "ailenação", "aleinação", and "alieanção". 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, "alteração", "alimentação", "alegação", 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 alienação, spelled A-L-I-E-N-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
    ato ou efeito de alienar(-se)
  2. 2
    cessão de bens
  3. 3
    estado resultante da privação de um direito natural
  4. 4
    no hegelianismo, processo no qual a consciência se torna estranha a si mesma
  5. 5
    no marxismo, processo em que o ser humano se torna estranho a si mesmo, afastado de sua natureza, pois os objetos que produz existem independentes ao seu poder e têm caráter antagônico aos seus interesses
  6. 6
    apatia política, indiferença aos problemas sociais

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ailenação,aleinação,alieanção,alienaãço,alienaçoã,aliennação,aliençaão,alineação,allienação,laienação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alienação

Misspelling Variants of "alienação"

ailenação9aleinação9alieanção9alienaãço9alienaçoã9aliennação10aliençaão9alineação9
Misspelling Variants of "alienação"

Frequency rank: #14,068 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alienação"?
"alienação" is spelled A-L-I-E-N-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "alienação" mean?
As a noun, "alienação" means: ato ou efeito de alienar(-se)
What words are commonly confused with "alienação"?
"alienação" is commonly confused with "alteração", "alimentação", "alegação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alienação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alienação" is /ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alienação" come from?
"alienação" 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.