aquisição
/ɐ.ki.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“aquisição” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #5,381 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,381
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de adquirir
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aquisição |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ki.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aquisição” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for aquisição is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ki.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,381 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aquisição, with forms such as "aqiusição", "aqquisição", and "aquiisção". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is aquisição, spelled A-Q-U-I-S-I-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato de adquirir
- 2a coisa assim adquirida
- 3capacidade que os seres vivos têm de tomar posse de conhecimento quer sejam motores, cognitivos, psicológicos ou cinestésicos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aqiusição,aqquisição,aquiisção,aquisiãço,aquisiçoã,aquissição,aquisçião,aqusiição,auqisição,qauisição
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aquisição - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “aquisição”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-Q-U-I-S-I-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.ki.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.