conferência

/kõ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/

//kõ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ// noun

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The verdict

“conferência” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,917. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,917
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o fato de conferir

Corpus desk

Index PT-conferencia · conferência · Portuguese

conferência · rank #1,917 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,917
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH complexo

Nearest frequency peer: complexo (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “conferência”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

conferência vs convergência
83% similar
conferência vs coerência
82% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “conferência”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.conferênciacai aqui:

#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 “complexo” (#1,916), “cenário” (#1,914), “discutir” (#1,920). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “conferência” fica em #1,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around conferência (IPA /kõ.fɨ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,917 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is conferência, spelled C-O-N-F-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

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

This word in other languages

Konferenz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconferência
  • cnoferência
  • cofnerência
  • conefrência
  • confernêcia
  • conferrência
  • conferêcnia
  • conferêncai
  • conferênccia
  • conferênica
  • conferênncia
  • confeêrncia
  • confferência
  • confreência
  • connferência
  • ocnferência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconferência1cnoferência2cofnerência2conefrência2confernêcia2conferrência1conferêcnia2conferêncai2
Edit distance from "conferência"

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 "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. 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

apartamento#1,912instituição#1,890fundamental#1,979localização#1,982

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

presidência16 variantsmaravilhoso16 variantsagricultura16 variantsWashington16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list