dança

//ˈdɐ̃.sɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,462

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

dança is aPortuguesenoun. It means: arte que consiste em movimentos do corpo, geralmente em sintonia com uma música Pronounced /ˈdɐ̃.sɐ/. It ranks #1,462 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with data and dona.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for dança is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɐ̃.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,462 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "arte que consiste em movimentos do corpo, geralmente em sintonia com uma música".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for dança, with forms such as "adnça", "danaç", and "dannça". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "data", "dona", "dano", and more, 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 dança, spelled D-A-N-Ç-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adnça,danaç,dannça,daçna,ddança,dnaça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dança

Misspelling Variants of "dança"

adnça5danaç5dannça6daçna5ddança6dnaça5
Misspelling Variants of "dança"

Frequency rank: #1,462 in Portuguese

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. 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 D 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.