alienação
/ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“alienação” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,068
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de alienar(-se)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alienação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alienação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around alienação (IPA /ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,068 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is alienação, spelled A-L-I-E-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de alienar(-se)
- 2cessão de bens
- 3estado resultante da privação de um direito natural
- 4no hegelianismo, processo no qual a consciência se torna estranha a si mesma
- 5no 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
- 6apatia política, indiferença aos problemas sociais
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ailenação
- aleinação
- alieanção
- alienaãço
- alienaçoã
- aliennação
- aliençaão
- alineação
- allienação
- laienação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alienação - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “alienação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-I-E-N-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.lje.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “alteração” - see the side-by-side comparison. alienação vs alteração
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.