competição

//kõ.pe.ʧi.sɐ̃w// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,668

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

competição is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de competir Pronounced /kõ.pe.ʧi.sɐ̃w/. It ranks #1,668 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with composição and computação.

Key facts for competição
PropertyValue
Headwordcompetição
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.pe.ʧi.sɐ̃w/
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,668
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for competição is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.pe.ʧi.sɐ̃w/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,668 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for competição, with forms such as "ccompetição", "cmopetição", and "comeptição". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "composição", "computação", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 competição, spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-I-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de competir
  2. 2
    disputa entre duas ou mais pessoas ou grupos por um mesmo objetivo
  3. 3
    concurso com possível premiação
  4. 4
    interação de indivíduos da mesma espécie ou espécie diferentes (humana, animal ou vegetal) que disputam algo
  5. 5
    luta, conflito; oposição
  6. 6
    reivindicação simultânea do mesmo poder, a mesma dignidade ou título etc.
  7. 7
    luta ou rivalidade pela conquista de mercados
  8. 8
    prova que põe em concorrência duas ou mais pessoas ou grupos no que tange a determinadas aptidões ou qualidades físicas ou atléticas

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccompetição,cmopetição,comeptição,commpetição,compeitção,competiãço,competiçoã,compettição,competçião,comppetição,compteição,copmetição,ocmpetição

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for competição

Misspelling Variants of "competição"

ccompetição11cmopetição10comeptição10commpetição11compeitção10competiãço10competiçoã10compettição11
Misspelling Variants of "competição"

Frequency rank: #1,668 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "competição"?
"competição" is spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-I-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.pe.ʧi.sɐ̃w/.
What does "competição" mean?
As a noun, "competição" means: ato ou efeito de competir
What words are commonly confused with "competição"?
"competição" is commonly confused with "composição", "computação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "competição"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "competição" is /kõ.pe.ʧi.sɐ̃w/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "competição" come from?
"competição" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.