circunferência

Name: circunferência, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/siɾ.kũ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/

//siɾ.kũ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“circunferência” has 21 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,931
frequency rank, Portuguese: 2,140
“C” headwords: 21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - linha curva, plana, cujos pontos têm a mesma distância (raio) do ponto central, denominado centro da circunferência

Corpus desk

Index PT-circunferencia · circunferência · Portuguese

circunferência · rank #25,931 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #25,931
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 21 variants
BOOK-MID 2,140
PHOTO-FINISH colarinho

Nearest frequency peer: colarinho (+3 rank slots)

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.

barroco

74,090
carry

74,076
circunferên…

74,070
colarinho

74,067
consumado

74,057
coronavírus

74,052

What this shows “circunferência” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Key facts for circunferência
Property	Value
Headword	circunferência
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/siɾ.kũ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#25,931
Misspellings tracked	21
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “circunferência”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).circunferênciacai aqui:

#25,931

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “colarinho” (#25,934), “carry” (#25,925), “consumado” (#25,944). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “circunferência” fica em #25,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around circunferência (IPA /siɾ.kũ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,931 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for circunferência, with forms such as "ccircunferência", "cicrunferência", and "circcunferência". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is circunferência, spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-F-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

1
linha curva, plana, cujos pontos têm a mesma distância (raio) do ponto central, denominado centro da circunferência
2
linha que envolve o círculo
3
medida linear deste círculo; perímetro

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how circunferência appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

A circunferência da Terra, no equador, tem 40.075 quilômetros.

This word in other languages

circumference(English)circunferencia(Español)circonférence(Français)Kreisumfang(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccircunferência
cicrunferência
circcunferência
circnuferência
circufnerência
circunefrência
circunfernêcia
circunferrência
circunferêcnia
circunferêncai
circunferênccia
circunferênica
circunferênncia
circunfeêrncia
circunfferência
circunfreência
circunnferência
cirrcunferência
cirucnferência
cricunferência
icrcunferência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of circunferência - 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.

Edit distance from "circunferência"

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 "circunferência"?

"circunferência" is spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-F-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /siɾ.kũ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/.

What does "circunferência" mean?

As a noun, "circunferência" means: linha curva, plana, cujos pontos têm a mesma distância (raio) do ponto central, denominado centro da circunferência

What are common misspellings of "circunferência"?

Common misspellings include "ccircunferência", "cicrunferência", "circcunferência", "circnuferência", "circufnerência". The correct spelling is "circunferência".

How do you pronounce "circunferência"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "circunferência" is /siɾ.kũ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "circunferência" come from?

"circunferência" 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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Same letter count

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