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
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de convulsar ou de convulsionar
Corpus desk
Index PT-convulsao · convulsão · Portuguese
convulsão · rank #23,951 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,951
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cooperativo
Nearest frequency peer: cooperativo (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “convulsão”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- conjugal
conjugal
76,054 corpus weight
- conjunção
conjunção
76,053 corpus weight
- contagiante
contagiante
76,052 corpus weight
- convulsão
convulsão
76,050 corpus weight
- cooperativo
cooperativo
76,049 corpus weight
- coçar
coçar
76,045 corpus weight
What this shows “convulsão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “convulsão”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around convulsão, anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,951 among 2,140 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how convulsão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva disse ontem que o mundo está sob ameaça de "convulsão social" por causa da crise.
Se usados de maneira incorreta, podem causar efeitos colaterais, como convulsão.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).