decisão

//dɨ.si.ˈzɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#669

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

decisão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ação ou resultado de decidir Pronounced /dɨ.si.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #669 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with divisão and demissão.

Key facts for decisão
PropertyValue
Headworddecisão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨ.si.ˈzɐ̃w̃/
Letters7
Frequency rank#669
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for decisão is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.si.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #669 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for decisão, with forms such as "dceisão", "ddecisão", and "deccisão". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "divisão", "demissão", "decisivo", 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 decisão, spelled D-E-C-I-S-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação ou resultado de decidir
  2. 2
    julgamento
  3. 3
    coragem, determinação

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dceisão,ddecisão,deccisão,decisoã,decissão,deciãso,decsião,deicsão,edcisão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for decisão

Misspelling Variants of "decisão"

dceisão7ddecisão8deccisão8decisoã7decissão8deciãso7decsião7deicsão7
Misspelling Variants of "decisão"

Frequency rank: #669 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "decisão"?
"decisão" is spelled D-E-C-I-S-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.si.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
What does "decisão" mean?
As a noun, "decisão" means: ação ou resultado de decidir
What words are commonly confused with "decisão"?
"decisão" is commonly confused with "divisão", "demissão", "decisivo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "decisão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "decisão" is /dɨ.si.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "decisão" come from?
"decisão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.