circum-navegação
/siʁˌkũ.na.ve.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sihˌkũ.na.ve.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
The verdict
“circum-navegação” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de circum-navegar
Corpus desk
Index PT-circum-navegacao · circum-navegação · Portuguese
circum-navegação · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circum-navegação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /siʁˌkũ.na.ve.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sihˌkũ.na.ve.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “circum-navegação” em português
Rare enough to double-check
circum-navegação is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /siʁˌkũ.na.ve.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sihˌkũ.na.ve.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de circum-navegar".
Zero misspellings are on record for circum-navegação in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is circum-navegação, spelled C-I-R-C-U-M---N-A-V-E-G-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato de circum-navegar
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.