armação
The verdict
“armação” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #12,177 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,177
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: ato ou efeito de armar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | armação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aχ.ma.ˈsɐ̃w/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “armação” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for armação is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aχ.ma.ˈsɐ̃w/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,177 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 18 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for armação, with forms such as "amração", "aramção", and "armaãço". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "armada", "armado", "atuação", 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 armação, spelled A-R-M-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de armar
- 2a coisa armada: madeiramento de um telhado, prateleiras de armazéns, etc
- 3estrutura, arcabouço
- 4pontas sólidas, na cabeça de certos animais; chifres
- 5vigamento de um edifício; esqueleto: armação de aço
- 6qualquer estrutura de varetas de aço, arame ou de outro material rígido, que serve de esqueleto a um objeto revestido de tecido ou material semelhante: armação de guarda-chuva, de abajur, etc
- 7conjunto dos aros e hastes dos óculos
- 8quadro, caixilho de máquina
- 9carcaça de motor, transformador, etc
- 10aparelho empregado em navegação
- 11utensílio de pescaria
- 12panos e enfeites com que se cobrem e adornam paredes, arcos, essas, etc
- 13equipagem de navio
- 14aparelho permanente para pescar atum e sardinha
- 15divisão do terreno em tanques e canteiros ou alagamentos, na cultura do arroz
- 16associação que explorava a caça de índios
- 17boa presença, elegância, aprumo
- 18abastança
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amração,aramção,armaãço,armaçoã,armmação,armçaão,arrmação,ramação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of armação — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "armação"
Frequency rank: #12,177 in Portuguese
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Using “armação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-R-M-A-Ç-Ã-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /aχ.ma.ˈsɐ̃w/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “armada” — see the side-by-side comparison. armação vs armada
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index: