consternação

noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,349

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

consternação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de consternar(-se) Often confused with conservação and constelação.

Key facts for consternação
PropertyValue
Headwordconsternação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#43,349
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for consternação is 12 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #43,349 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for consternação, with forms such as "cconsternação", "cnosternação", and "connsternação". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "conservação", "constelação", 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 consternação, spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de consternar(-se)
  2. 2
    tristeza imensa e profunda; dor
  3. 3
    ausência de vigor; sem ânimo
  4. 4
    abatimento
  5. 5
    ação de se comover ou de se perturbar; choque

Synonyms

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconsternação,cnosternação,connsternação,consetrnação,conssternação,constenração,consteranção,consternaãço,consternaçoã,consternnação,consternçaão,consterrnação,constrenação,constternação,contsernação,cosnternação,ocnsternação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for consternação

Misspelling Variants of "consternação"

cconsternação13cnosternação12connsternação13consetrnação12conssternação13constenração12consteranção12consternaãço12
Misspelling Variants of "consternação"

Frequency rank: #43,349 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consternação"?
"consternação" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "consternação" mean?
As a noun, "consternação" means: ato ou efeito de consternar(-se)
What words are commonly confused with "consternação"?
"consternação" is commonly confused with "conservação", "constelação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "consternação" come from?
"consternação" 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

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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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.