confissão

//kõ.fi.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,869

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

confissão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: profissão de fé Pronounced /kõ.fi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #8,869 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with confusão and comissão.

Key facts for confissão
PropertyValue
Headwordconfissão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.fi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,869
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for confissão is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.fi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,869 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 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for confissão, with forms such as "cconfissão", "cnofissão", and "cofnissão". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "confusão", "comissão", "confesso", and more, 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 confissão, spelled C-O-N-F-I-S-S-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    profissão de fé
  2. 2
    ato de confessar ou de se confessar

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconfissão,cnofissão,cofnissão,conffissão,confissoã,confisão,confisãso,confsisão,conifssão,connfissão,ocnfissão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for confissão

Misspelling Variants of "confissão"

cconfissão10cnofissão9cofnissão9conffissão10confissoã9confisão8confisãso9confsisão9
Misspelling Variants of "confissão"

Frequency rank: #8,869 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "confissão"?
"confissão" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-S-S-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.fi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "confissão" mean?
As a noun, "confissão" means: profissão de fé
What words are commonly confused with "confissão"?
"confissão" is commonly confused with "confusão", "comissão", "confesso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confissão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confissão" is /kõ.fi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confissão" come from?
"confissão" 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.