ciência
/si.ˈeɲ.sjɐ/
The verdict
“ciência” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,272 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,272
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conhecimento aprofundado sobre algo
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ciência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /si.ˈeɲ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,272 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ciência” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ciência is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /si.ˈeɲ.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,272 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ciência, with forms such as "cciência", "cinêcia", and "ciêcnia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "crença", "carência", "cadência", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 ciência, spelled C-I-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1conhecimento aprofundado sobre algo
- 2erudição, saber em geral
- 3estudo racional das coisas em geral ou de algum assunto específico, visando a produção de um conhecimento objetivo, sistemático e coerente
- 4o conjunto sistematizado de todas as teorias científicas (com destaque para as válidas), do método científico e dos recursos necessários à produção das mesmas
- 5conjunto de todas as áreas da ciência
- 6racionalidade
- 7qualidade de quem está ciente
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cciência,cinêcia,ciêcnia,ciêncai,ciênccia,ciênica,ciênncia,cêincia,icência
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ciência - 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 “ciência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-I-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /si.ˈeɲ.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “crença” - see the side-by-side comparison. ciência vs crença
- 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.