conceção

noun

The verdict

“conceção” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,613 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,613
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de conceber

Key facts for conceção
PropertyValue
Headwordconceção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,613
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “conceção” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). conceção lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

conceção is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,613 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de conceber".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for conceção, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is conceção, spelled C-O-N-C-E-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de conceber

This word in other languages

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 "conceção"?
"conceção" is spelled C-O-N-C-E-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "conceção" mean?
As a noun, "conceção" means: ato de conceber
What language does "conceção" come from?
"conceção" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “conceção”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-C-E-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list