dança

/ˈdɐ̃.sɐ/

//ˈdɐ̃.sɐ// noun

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The verdict

“dança” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,462
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arte que consiste em movimentos do corpo, geralmente em sintonia com uma música

Corpus desk

Index PT-danca · dança · Portuguese

dança · rank #1,462 · 6 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,462
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH carros

Nearest frequency peer: carros (-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 “dança”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “dança” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dança vs data
60% similar
dança vs dona
60% similar
dança vs dano
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dança
PropertyValue
Headworddança
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdɐ̃.sɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,462
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “dança”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).dançacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “carros” (#1,461), “descobrir” (#1,463), “explicar” (#1,464). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “dança” fica em #1,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around dança (IPA /ˈdɐ̃.sɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,462 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "arte que consiste em movimentos do corpo, geralmente em sintonia com uma música".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dança, with forms such as "adnça", "danaç", and "dannça". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "data", "dona", "dano", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is dança, spelled D-A-N-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    arte que consiste em movimentos do corpo, geralmente em sintonia com uma música

This word in other languages

dance(English)danza(Español)danse(Français)Tanz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adnça
  • danaç
  • dannça
  • daçna
  • ddança
  • dnaça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dança - 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.

adnça2danaç2dannça1daçna2ddança1dnaça2
Edit distance from "dança"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dança"?
"dança" is spelled D-A-N-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdɐ̃.sɐ/.
What does "dança" mean?
As a noun, "dança" means: arte que consiste em movimentos do corpo, geralmente em sintonia com uma música
What words are commonly confused with "dança"?
"dança" is commonly confused with "data", "dona", "dano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dança"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dança" is /ˈdɐ̃.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dança" come from?
"dança" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dança", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

serra#1,450obter#1,442nisso#1,441cheio#1,424

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Link6 variantsBahia6 variantsótimo6 variantstorno6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list