civilização

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

/sɨ.vɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//sɨ.vɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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

The verdict

“civilização” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,982. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,982
frequency rank, Portuguese: 2,140
“C” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de civilizar

Corpus desk

Index PT-civilizacao · civilização · Portuguese

civilização · rank #4,982 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #4,982
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 2,140
PHOTO-FINISH coincidência

Nearest frequency peer: coincidência (+1 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.

captura

95,022
cemitério

95,021
civilização

95,019
coincidência

95,018
colar

95,017
computação

95,015

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

civilização vs civilizado

82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for civilização
Property	Value
Headword	civilização
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/sɨ.vɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#4,982
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “civilização”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).civilizaçãocai aqui:

#4,982

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “coincidência” (#4,983), “cemitério” (#4,980), “colar” (#4,984). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “civilização” fica em #4,982. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around civilização (IPA /sɨ.vɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,982 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for civilização, with forms such as "ccivilização", "ciivlização", and "civiilzação". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "civilizado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 civilização, spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

1
ato ou efeito de civilizar
2
instituições, costumes, técnicas, crenças, etc que caracterizam uma sociedade ou um grupo de sociedades
3
perfeição do estado social

This word in other languages

civilization(English)civilización(Español)civilisation(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccivilização
ciivlização
civiilzação
civiliazção
civilizaãço
civilizaçoã
civilizzação
civilizçaão
civillização
civilziação
civliização
civvilização
cviilização
icvilização

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of civilização - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "civilização"

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 "civilização"?

"civilização" is spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.vɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.

What does "civilização" mean?

As a noun, "civilização" means: ato ou efeito de civilizar

What words are commonly confused with "civilização"?

"civilização" is commonly confused with "civilizado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "civilização"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "civilização" is /sɨ.vɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "civilização" come from?

"civilização" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "civilização", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

estatística#4,901 deficiência#4,894 coordenação#4,804 aquecimento#4,787

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

preservar14 variants concordar14 variants vereadores14 variants depoimento14 variants