ameaça

/ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/

//ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ// noun

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The verdict

“ameaça” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,080
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de ameaçar

Corpus desk

Index PT-ameaca · ameaça · Portuguese

ameaça · rank #2,080 · 6 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,080
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH agricultura

Nearest frequency peer: agricultura (-1 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 “ameaça”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ameaça” 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).

ameaça vs Amélia
33% similar
ameaça vs ameixa
67% similar
ameaça vs ameaçar
86% similar

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

Key facts for ameaça
PropertyValue
Headwordameaça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,080
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ameaça”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.ameaçacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “agricultura” (#2,079), “bar” (#2,081), “canto” (#2,082). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “ameaça” fica em #2,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ameaça (IPA /ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,080 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ameaça, with forms such as "aemaça", "amaeça", and "ameaaç". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Amélia", "ameixa", "ameaçar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ameaça, spelled A-M-E-A-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de ameaçar
  2. 2
    perigo
  3. 3
    gesto que exprime intenção de prejudicar ou machucar alguém

This word in other languages

threat(English)Drohung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aemaça
  • amaeça
  • ameaaç
  • ameçaa
  • ammeaça
  • maeaça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ameaça - 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.

aemaça2amaeça2ameaaç2ameçaa2ammeaça1maeaça2
Edit distance from "ameaça"

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 "ameaça"?
"ameaça" is spelled A-M-E-A-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/.
What does "ameaça" mean?
As a noun, "ameaça" means: ato de ameaçar
What words are commonly confused with "ameaça"?
"ameaça" is commonly confused with "Amélia", "ameixa", "ameaçar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ameaça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ameaça" is /ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ameaça" come from?
"ameaça" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cheiro#2,083seriam#2,072jantar#2,055minuto#2,107

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

águas6 variantstomou6 variantsbolsa6 variantsbraço6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list