decapitação
/dɨ.kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“decapitação” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,789
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de cortar a cabeça, degola
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decapitação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #44,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “decapitação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around decapitação (IPA /dɨ.kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,789 among 2,399 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato de cortar a cabeça, degola".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for decapitação, with forms such as "dceapitação", "ddecapitação", and "deacpitação". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is decapitação, spelled D-E-C-A-P-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato de cortar a cabeça, degola
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dceapitação
- ddecapitação
- deacpitação
- decaiptação
- decapiatção
- decapitaãço
- decapitaçoã
- decapittação
- decapitçaão
- decappitação
- decaptiação
- deccapitação
- decpaitação
- edcapitação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of decapitação - 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 “decapitação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-C-A-P-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.kɐ.pi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.