alusão

noun

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The verdict

“alusão” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,301
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação ou resultado de aludir; menção, referência

Corpus desk

Index PT-alusao · alusão · Portuguese

alusão · rank #10,301 · 7 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,301
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH anexo

Nearest frequency peer: anexo (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “alusão”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “alusão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alusão vs also
67% similar
alusão vs aluno
67% similar
alusão vs abuso
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frequência do íman ortográfico “alusão”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).alusãocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “anexo” (#10,303), “abelha” (#10,298), “aquário” (#10,308). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “alusão” fica em #10,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around alusão, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,301 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is alusão, spelled A-L-U-S-Ã-O.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how alusão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Somado aos clássicos, o grupo decidiu voar com seu próprio avião, um Boeing 757 batizado de Ed Force One (alusão ao mascote da banda).

This word in other languages

allusion(English)alusión(Español)allusion(Français)Anspielung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • allusão
  • alsuão
  • alusoã
  • alussão
  • aluãso
  • aulsão
  • lausão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alusão - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

allusão1alsuão2alusoã2alussão1aluãso2aulsão2lausão2
Edit distance from "alusão"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alusão", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abelha#10,298viável#10,293ativar#10,312tomate#10,282

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

brisa7 variantschase7 variantsservo7 variantsrodar7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list