bênção

//bẽ.sɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,809

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

bênção is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ação de benzer ou abençoar Pronounced /bẽ.sɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #9,809 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with berço and betão.

Key facts for bênção
PropertyValue
Headwordbênção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bẽ.sɐ̃w̃/
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,809
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bênção in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bênção is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bẽ.sɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,809 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bênção, with forms such as "bbênção", "bnêção", and "bênnção". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "berço", "betão", "Benta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is bênção, spelled B-Ê-N-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação de benzer ou abençoar
  2. 2
    ato de receber favor ou benefício divino ou de entidade espiritual, santo, etc
  3. 3
    na ritualística litúrgica católica, ato, em geral com o gestual do sinal-da-cruz, feito por sacerdote para invocar a graça divina
  4. 4
    na ritualística litúrgica católica, ato de aspergir com água benta algo ou alguém, feito por sacerdote com fim de consagração
  5. 5
    por extensão, fato que traz benefícios; acontecimento feliz
  6. 6
    chute frontal que atinge o oponente no abdômen, no peito ou no rosto

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbênção,bnêção,bênnção,bênãço,bênçoã,bêçnão,êbnção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bênção

Misspelling Variants of "bênção"

bbênção7bnêção6bênnção7bênãço6bênçoã6bêçnão6êbnção6
Misspelling Variants of "bênção"

Frequency rank: #9,809 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bênção"?
"bênção" is spelled B-Ê-N-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bẽ.sɐ̃w̃/.
What does "bênção" mean?
As a noun, "bênção" means: ação de benzer ou abençoar
What words are commonly confused with "bênção"?
"bênção" is commonly confused with "berço", "betão", "Benta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bênção"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bênção" is /bẽ.sɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bênção" come from?
"bênção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.