ausência

/aw.ˈzẽ.sjɐ/

//aw.ˈzẽ.sjɐ// noun

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The verdict

“ausência” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,353. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,353
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a não presença

Corpus desk

Index PT-ausencia · ausência · Portuguese

ausência · rank #2,353 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,353
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH assumir

Nearest frequency peer: assumir (-1 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 “ausência”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ausência” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ausência vs agência
75% similar
ausência vs anuência
75% similar
ausência vs audiência
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ausência
PropertyValue
Headwordausência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aw.ˈzẽ.sjɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,353
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ausência”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ausênciacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “assumir” (#2,352), “aviso” (#2,354), “aprovação” (#2,351). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “ausência” fica em #2,353. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ausência (IPA /aw.ˈzẽ.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,353 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ausência, with forms such as "asuência", "ausnêcia", and "aussência". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "agência", "anuência", "audiência", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ausência, spelled A-U-S-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    a não presença
  2. 2
    período durante o qual se está ausente
  3. 3
    8 Uma ausência de várias semanas.
  4. 4
    incapacidade de estar presente quando requisitado
  5. 5
    falta, deficiência

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ausência appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Eu servi como líder do grupo na ausência do sargento.
  2. A ausência do aluno deveu-se a uma doença.

This word in other languages

absence(English)ausencia(Español)absence(Français)Abwesenheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asuência
  • ausnêcia
  • aussência
  • ausêcnia
  • ausêncai
  • ausênccia
  • ausênica
  • ausênncia
  • auêsncia
  • uasência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ausência - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asuência2ausnêcia2aussência1ausêcnia2ausêncai2ausênccia1ausênica2ausênncia1
Edit distance from "ausência"

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 "ausência"?
"ausência" is spelled A-U-S-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /aw.ˈzẽ.sjɐ/.
What does "ausência" mean?
As a noun, "ausência" means: a não presença
What words are commonly confused with "ausência"?
"ausência" is commonly confused with "agência", "anuência", "audiência". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ausência"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausência" is /aw.ˈzẽ.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausência" come from?
"ausência" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

execução#2,322corrente#2,313clássico#2,311cachorro#2,308

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

privada10 variantsdecidir10 variantsimpedir10 variantsinverno10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list