assistência
/ɐ.siʃ.ˈtẽ.sjɐ/
The verdict
“assistência” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,505 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,505
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de assistir
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assistência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.siʃ.ˈtẽ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #2,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assistência” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for assistência is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.siʃ.ˈtẽ.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,505 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for assistência, with forms such as "asisstência", "asistência", and "assisstência". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is assistência, spelled A-S-S-I-S-T-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1ato de assistir
- 2presença
- 3amparo
- 4auxílio
- 5intervenção de terceiros em processo penal, com o intuito de auxiliar uma das partes litigantes, e da da vítima ou de seus representantes, em processo penal, a fim de auxiliar a acusação pública
- 6passe que dá a oportunidade a outro jogador de fazer gol ou cesta
- 7hospital de pronto-socorro
- 8ambulância
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asisstência,asistência,assisstência,assistnêcia,assisttência,assistêcnia,assistêncai,assistênccia,assistênica,assistênncia,assisêtncia,assitsência,asssitência,sasistência
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assistência - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “assistência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-S-S-I-S-T-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.siʃ.ˈtẽ.sjɐ/ (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.