ascensão

/ɐʃ.sẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//ɐʃ.sẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“ascensão” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,598
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-ascensao · ascensão · Portuguese

ascensão · rank #5,598 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,598
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH bacana

Nearest frequency peer: bacana (+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 “ascensão”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ascensão” 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
Key facts for ascensão
PropertyValue
Headwordascensão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐʃ.sẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,598
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ascensão”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.ascensãocai 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 “bacana” (#5,600), “alteração” (#5,594), “beijar” (#5,602). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “ascensão” fica em #5,598. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ascensão (IPA /ɐʃ.sẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,598 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ascensão, with forms such as "acsensão", "asccensão", and "ascennsão". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is ascensão, spelled A-S-C-E-N-S-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de ascender, de subir
  2. 2
    ponto do equador celeste que se eleva com um astro na esfera reta ou oblíqua

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acsensão
  • asccensão
  • ascennsão
  • ascensoã
  • ascenssão
  • ascenãso
  • ascesnão
  • ascnesão
  • asecnsão
  • asscensão
  • sacensão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ascensão - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acsensão2asccensão1ascennsão1ascensoã2ascenssão1ascenãso2ascesnão2ascnesão2
Edit distance from "ascensão"

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 "ascensão"?
"ascensão" is spelled A-S-C-E-N-S-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐʃ.sẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "ascensão" mean?
As a noun, "ascensão" means: ato de ascender, de subir
What are common misspellings of "ascensão"?
Common misspellings include "acsensão", "asccensão", "ascennsão", "ascensoã", "ascenssão". The correct spelling is "ascensão".
How do you pronounce "ascensão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ascensão" is /ɐʃ.sẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ascensão" come from?
"ascensão" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list