automação

/aw.tu.mɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/

//aw.tu.mɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“automação” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,208
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - substituição dos esforços, musculares e não musculares, por máquinas comandadas por dispositivos de retroação

Key facts for automação
PropertyValue
Headwordautomação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aw.tu.mɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,208
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “automação” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). automação lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around automação (IPA /aw.tu.mɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,208 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "substituição dos esforços, musculares e não musculares, por máquinas comandadas por dispositivos de retroação".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for automação, with forms such as "atuomação", "auotmação", and "autmoação". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is automação, spelled A-U-T-O-M-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    substituição dos esforços, musculares e não musculares, por máquinas comandadas por dispositivos de retroação

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atuomação
  • auotmação
  • autmoação
  • autoamção
  • automaãço
  • automaçoã
  • autommação
  • automçaão
  • auttomação
  • uatomação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atuomação2auotmação2autmoação2autoamção2automaãço2automaçoã2autommação1automçaão2
Edit distance from "automação"

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 "automação"?
"automação" is spelled A-U-T-O-M-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /aw.tu.mɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/.
What does "automação" mean?
As a noun, "automação" means: substituição dos esforços, musculares e não musculares, por máquinas comandadas por dispositivos de retroação
What are common misspellings of "automação"?
Common misspellings include "atuomação", "auotmação", "autmoação", "autoamção", "automaãço". The correct spelling is "automação".
How do you pronounce "automação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "automação" is /aw.tu.mɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "automação" come from?
"automação" 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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Using “automação”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-T-O-M-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /aw.tu.mɐ.ˈswɐ̃w̃/ (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

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list