alongamento
/a.lõ.ga.ˈmẽ.tu/
The verdict
“alongamento” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #26,953 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,953
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de alongar
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 | alongamento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /a.lõ.ga.ˈmẽ.tu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #26,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alongamento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for alongamento is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.lõ.ga.ˈmẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,953 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for alongamento, with forms such as "allongamento", "alnogamento", and "alognamento". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "alojamento", "afogamento", "alagamento", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is alongamento, spelled A-L-O-N-G-A-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de alongar
- 2extensão, prolongamento
- 3atividade realizada geralmente antes de exercício físico, que consiste em alongar os músculos
- 4mudança de um fonema breve para longo
- 5razão do quadrado da envergadura com a área da asa
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: allongamento,alnogamento,alognamento,alonagmento,alongaemnto,alongamennto,alongamenot,alongamentto,alongametno,alongammento,alongamneto,alonggamento,alongmaento,alonngamento,aolngamento,laongamento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alongamento - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “alongamento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-O-N-G-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a.lõ.ga.ˈmẽ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “alojamento” - see the side-by-side comparison. alongamento vs alojamento
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.