capitania

//kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈni.ɐ// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,863

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

capitania is aPortuguesenoun. It means: divisões territoriais do período colonial do Brasil. Pronounced /kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈni.ɐ/.

Key facts for capitania
PropertyValue
Headwordcapitania
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈni.ɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,863
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for capitania is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈni.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,863 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for capitania, with forms such as "acpitania", "caiptania", and "capiatnia". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 capitania, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-N-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    divisões territoriais do período colonial do Brasil.
  2. 2
    divisões administrativas dos antigos territórios ultramarinos do Império Espanhol e do Império Português, à frente das quais estava um capitão-general.
  3. 3
    divisão administrativa da Marinha com funções de polícia e controle dos portos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acpitania,caiptania,capiatnia,capitaina,capitanai,capitannia,capitnaia,capittania,cappitania,captiania,ccapitania,cpaitania

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for capitania

Misspelling Variants of "capitania"

acpitania9caiptania9capiatnia9capitaina9capitanai9capitannia10capitnaia9capittania10
Misspelling Variants of "capitania"

Frequency rank: #30,863 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capitania"?
"capitania" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-N-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈni.ɐ/.
What does "capitania" mean?
As a noun, "capitania" means: divisões territoriais do período colonial do Brasil.
What are common misspellings of "capitania"?
Common misspellings include "acpitania", "caiptania", "capiatnia", "capitaina", "capitanai". The correct spelling is "capitania".
How do you pronounce "capitania"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capitania" is /kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈni.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capitania" come from?
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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.