decoração

//dɨ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,401

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

decoração is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de decorar Pronounced /dɨ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #6,401 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with desolação and detonação.

Key facts for decoração
PropertyValue
Headworddecoração
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,401
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for decoração is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,401 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ato ou efeito de decorar".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for decoração, with forms such as "dceoração", "ddecoração", and "deccoração". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "desolação", "detonação", "depuração", 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 decoração, spelled D-E-C-O-R-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de decorar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dceoração,ddecoração,deccoração,decoarção,decoraãço,decoraçoã,decorração,decorçaão,decroação,deocração,edcoração

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for decoração

Misspelling Variants of "decoração"

dceoração9ddecoração10deccoração10decoarção9decoraãço9decoraçoã9decorração10decorçaão9
Misspelling Variants of "decoração"

Frequency rank: #6,401 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "decoração"?
"decoração" is spelled D-E-C-O-R-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "decoração" mean?
As a noun, "decoração" means: ato ou efeito de decorar
What words are commonly confused with "decoração"?
"decoração" is commonly confused with "desolação", "detonação", "depuração". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "decoração"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "decoração" is /dɨ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "decoração" come from?
"decoração" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.