alternância

//aw.teɾ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/, /aw.teʁ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ// noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,546

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

alternância is aPortuguesenoun. It means: sucessão recíproca de coisas no espaço e no tempo Pronounced /aw.teɾ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/, /aw.teʁ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/.

Key facts for alternância
PropertyValue
Headwordalternância
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aw.teɾ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/, /aw.teʁ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#34,546
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alternância is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aw.teɾ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/, /aw.teʁ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,546 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sucessão recíproca de coisas no espaço e no tempo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for alternância, with forms such as "aletrnância", "allternância", and "altenrância". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 alternância, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-Â-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sucessão recíproca de coisas no espaço e no tempo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aletrnância,allternância,altenrância,alternnâcia,alternnância,alternâcnia,alternâncai,alternânccia,alternânica,alternânncia,alterrnância,alterânncia,altrenância,altternância,atlernância,laternância

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alternância

Misspelling Variants of "alternância"

aletrnância11allternância12altenrância11alternnâcia11alternnância12alternâcnia11alternâncai11alternânccia12
Misspelling Variants of "alternância"

Frequency rank: #34,546 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alternância"?
"alternância" is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-Â-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /aw.teɾ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/, /aw.teʁ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/.
What does "alternância" mean?
As a noun, "alternância" means: sucessão recíproca de coisas no espaço e no tempo
What are common misspellings of "alternância"?
Common misspellings include "aletrnância", "allternância", "altenrância", "alternnâcia", "alternnância". The correct spelling is "alternância".
How do you pronounce "alternância"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alternância" is /aw.teɾ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/, /aw.teʁ.ˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alternância" come from?
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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.