decision

noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,933

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

decision is aPortuguesenoun. It means: decisão Often confused with decisivo and decisão.

Key facts for decision
PropertyValue
Headworddecision
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,933
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for decision is 8 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #41,933 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "decisão".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for decision, with forms such as "dceision", "ddecision", and "deccision". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "decisivo", "decisão", 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 decision, spelled D-E-C-I-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    decisão

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dceision,ddecision,deccision,deciison,decisino,decisionn,decisoin,decission,decsiion,deicsion,edcision

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for decision

Misspelling Variants of "decision"

dceision8ddecision9deccision9deciison8decisino8decisionn9decisoin8decission9
Misspelling Variants of "decision"

Frequency rank: #41,933 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "decision"?
"decision" is spelled D-E-C-I-S-I-O-N.
What does "decision" mean?
As a noun, "decision" means: decisão
What words are commonly confused with "decision"?
"decision" is commonly confused with "decisivo", "decisão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "decision" come from?
"decision" 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.