atração
/ɐ.tɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“atração” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,879
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - efeito ou ação de atrair
Corpus desk
Index PT-atracao · atração · Portuguese
atração · rank #4,879 · 8 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,879
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH Argentino
Nearest frequency peer: Argentino (-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 “atração”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- alô
alô
95,127 corpus weight
- Argentino
Argentino
95,124 corpus weight
- atração
atração
95,122 corpus weight
- camada
camada
95,119 corpus weight
- cientista
cientista
95,117 corpus weight
- concerto
concerto
95,114 corpus weight
What this shows “atração” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | atração |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.tɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “atração”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around atração (IPA /ɐ.tɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,879 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for atração, with forms such as "artação", "atarção", and "atraãço". 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. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "atraso", "atuação", "aviação", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is atração, spelled A-T-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1efeito ou ação de atrair
- 2força que atrai; inclinação; propensão; pendor; tendência
- 3afinidade moral; simpatia; afeição
- 4ato de puxar numa direção
- 5causa da gravidade, da coesão, da adesão, da afinidade
- 6distração; divertimento; prazer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how atração appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os polos opostos do ímã exercem força de atração.
Ele tem atração por carros antigos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- artação
- atarção
- atraãço
- atraçoã
- atrração
- atrçaão
- attração
- taração
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atração - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "atração", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).