alusão

noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,301

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

alusão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ação ou resultado de aludir; menção, referência Often confused with also and aluno.

Key facts for alusão
PropertyValue
Headwordalusão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,301
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alusão is 6 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #10,301 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ação ou resultado de aludir; menção, referência".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for alusão, with forms such as "allusão", "alsuão", and "alusoã". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "also", "aluno", "abuso", 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 alusão, spelled A-L-U-S-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação ou resultado de aludir; menção, referência

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: allusão,alsuão,alusoã,alussão,aluãso,aulsão,lausão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alusão

Misspelling Variants of "alusão"

allusão7alsuão6alusoã6alussão7aluãso6aulsão6lausão6
Misspelling Variants of "alusão"

Frequency rank: #10,301 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alusão"?
"alusão" is spelled A-L-U-S-Ã-O.
What does "alusão" mean?
As a noun, "alusão" means: ação ou resultado de aludir; menção, referência
What words are commonly confused with "alusão"?
"alusão" is commonly confused with "also", "aluno", "abuso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "alusão" come from?
"alusão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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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.