contravenção
The verdict
“contravenção” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,723
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ação ou comportamento que infringe uma norma ou regulamento
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contravenção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #37,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contravenção” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around contravenção, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,723 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for contravenção, with forms such as "ccontravenção", "cnotravenção", and "conntravenção". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is contravenção, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-V-E-N-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ação ou comportamento que infringe uma norma ou regulamento
- 2infração de menor gravidade em relação a crimes, punida com pena leve
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontravenção
- cnotravenção
- conntravenção
- conrtavenção
- contarvenção
- contraevnção
- contravennção
- contravenãço
- contravençoã
- contraveçnão
- contravneção
- contravvenção
- contrravenção
- contrvaenção
- conttravenção
- cotnravenção
- ocntravenção
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contravenção - 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.
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 “contravenção”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-V-E-N-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.