convulsão
The verdict
“convulsão” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,951
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de convulsar ou de convulsionar
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | convulsão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “convulsão” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around convulsão, anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,951 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for convulsão, with forms such as "cconvulsão", "cnovulsão", and "connvulsão". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "confusão", "conversão", "compulsão", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is convulsão, spelled C-O-N-V-U-L-S-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de convulsar ou de convulsionar
- 2fenômeno eletro-fisiológico anormal temporário que ocorre no cérebro e que resulta numa sincronização anormal da atividade elétrica neuronal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconvulsão
- cnovulsão
- connvulsão
- conuvlsão
- convlusão
- convullsão
- convulsoã
- convulssão
- convulãso
- convuslão
- convvulsão
- covnulsão
- ocnvulsão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of convulsão - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “convulsão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-V-U-L-S-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “confusão” - see the side-by-side comparison. convulsão vs confusão
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.