congruência
/kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ/
The verdict
“congruência” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,148 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,148
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - qualidade do que é congruente
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congruência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #70,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congruência” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
congruência is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,148 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for congruência, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is congruência, spelled C-O-N-G-R-U-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1qualidade do que é congruente
- 2coincidência ou correspondência de caráter ou qualidades
- 3conformidade, identidade com algo
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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.
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Using “congruência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-G-R-U-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.