demarcação

/de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w/

//de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w// noun

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The verdict

“demarcação” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,332
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de demarcar

Corpus desk

Index PT-demarcacao · demarcação · Portuguese

demarcação · rank #14,332 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,332
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desgaste

Nearest frequency peer: desgaste (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “demarcação”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “demarcação” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for demarcação
PropertyValue
Headworddemarcação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w/
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,332
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “demarcação”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).demarcaçãocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “desgaste” (#14,334), “designar” (#14,336), “consistência” (#14,323). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “demarcação” fica em #14,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around demarcação (IPA /de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,332 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for demarcação, with forms such as "ddemarcação", "deamrcação", and "demacração". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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. The correct Portuguese form is demarcação, spelled D-E-M-A-R-C-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de demarcar
  2. 2
    limites de um terreno
  3. 3
    o conjunto de marcas que indicam esses limites, tais como marcos, balizas, etc

Synonyms

delimitação

This word in other languages

demarcation(English)démarcation(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddemarcação
  • deamrcação
  • demacração
  • demaracção
  • demarcaãço
  • demarcaçoã
  • demarccação
  • demarcçaão
  • demarrcação
  • demmarcação
  • demracação
  • dmearcação
  • edmarcação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of demarcação - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddemarcação1deamrcação2demacração2demaracção2demarcaãço2demarcaçoã2demarccação1demarcçaão2
Edit distance from "demarcação"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demarcação"?
"demarcação" is spelled D-E-M-A-R-C-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w/.
What does "demarcação" mean?
As a noun, "demarcação" means: ato ou efeito de demarcar
What are common misspellings of "demarcação"?
Common misspellings include "ddemarcação", "deamrcação", "demacração", "demaracção", "demarcaãço". The correct spelling is "demarcação".
How do you pronounce "demarcação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "demarcação" is /de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "demarcação" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "demarcação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list