conferência

//kõ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ// noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,917

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

conferência is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o fato de conferir Pronounced /kõ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/. It ranks #1,917 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with convergência and coerência.

Key facts for conferência
PropertyValue
Headwordconferência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,917
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for conferência is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,917 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for conferência, with forms such as "cconferência", "cnoferência", and "cofnerência". 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, "convergência", "coerência", 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 conferência, spelled C-O-N-F-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o fato de conferir
  2. 2
    reunião de pessoas para discutir um interesse comum

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconferência,cnoferência,cofnerência,conefrência,confernêcia,conferrência,conferêcnia,conferêncai,conferênccia,conferênica,conferênncia,confeêrncia,confferência,confreência,connferência,ocnferência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conferência

Misspelling Variants of "conferência"

cconferência12cnoferência11cofnerência11conefrência11confernêcia11conferrência12conferêcnia11conferêncai11
Misspelling Variants of "conferência"

Frequency rank: #1,917 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conferência"?
"conferência" is spelled C-O-N-F-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/.
What does "conferência" mean?
As a noun, "conferência" means: o fato de conferir
What words are commonly confused with "conferência"?
"conferência" is commonly confused with "convergência", "coerência". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conferência"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conferência" is /kõ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conferência" come from?
"conferência" 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.