confiança

//kõ.ˈfjɐ̃.sɐ// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,703

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

confiança is aPortuguesenoun. It means: convicção Pronounced /kõ.ˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/. It ranks #1,703 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with confiante.

Key facts for confiança
PropertyValue
Headwordconfiança
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.ˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,703
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for confiança is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.ˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,703 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for confiança, with forms such as "cconfiança", "cnofiança", and "cofniança". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "confiante", 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 confiança, spelled C-O-N-F-I-A-N-Ç-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    convicção
  2. 2
    bom conceito sobre outrem
  3. 3
    intimidade
  4. 4
    atrevimento, audácia

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconfiança,cnofiança,cofniança,confainça,conffiança,confianaç,confiannça,confiaçna,confinaça,conifança,connfiança,ocnfiança

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for confiança

Misspelling Variants of "confiança"

cconfiança10cnofiança9cofniança9confainça9conffiança10confianaç9confiannça10confiaçna9
Misspelling Variants of "confiança"

Frequency rank: #1,703 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "confiança"?
"confiança" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-A-N-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.ˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/.
What does "confiança" mean?
As a noun, "confiança" means: convicção
What words are commonly confused with "confiança"?
"confiança" is commonly confused with "confiante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confiança"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confiança" is /kõ.ˈfjɐ̃.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confiança" come from?
"confiança" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.