aprovação
/ɐ.pɾu.vɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“aprovação” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,351
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ação ou resultado de aprovar / ser aprovado
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 | aprovação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.pɾu.vɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aprovação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around aprovação (IPA /ɐ.pɾu.vɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,351 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for aprovação, with forms such as "aporvação", "approvação", and "aproavção". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "aprovado", 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is aprovação, spelled A-P-R-O-V-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ação ou resultado de aprovar / ser aprovado
- 2o ato de conseguir um desempenho necessário em um exame
- 3consentimento
- 4avaliação positiva
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aporvação
- approvação
- aproavção
- aprovaãço
- aprovaçoã
- aprovvação
- aprovçaão
- aprrovação
- aprvoação
- arpovação
- parovação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aprovação - 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 “aprovação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-P-R-O-V-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.pɾu.vɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aprovado” - see the side-by-side comparison. aprovação vs aprovado
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.