autodeterminação
/aw.tɔ.dɨ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“autodeterminação” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,365 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,365
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 16
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ação ou efeito de decidir por si mesmo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autodeterminação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aw.tɔ.dɨ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #27,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autodeterminação” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for autodeterminação is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aw.tɔ.dɨ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,365 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ação ou efeito de decidir por si mesmo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for autodeterminação, with forms such as "atuodeterminação", "auotdeterminação", and "autdoeterminação". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is autodeterminação, spelled A-U-T-O-D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ação ou efeito de decidir por si mesmo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atuodeterminação,auotdeterminação,autdoeterminação,autoddeterminação,autodeetrminação,autodetemrinação,autodeterimnação,autodetermianção,autodeterminaãço,autodeterminaçoã,autodeterminnação,autodeterminçaão,autodetermminação,autodetermniação,autodeterrminação,autodetreminação,autodetterminação,autodteerminação,autoedterminação,auttodeterminação,uatodeterminação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autodeterminação - 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.
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 “autodeterminação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-T-O-D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /aw.tɔ.dɨ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (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.