demarcação
/de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w/
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
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de demarcar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demarcação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “demarcação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around demarcação (IPA /de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,332 among 2,399 “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
- 1ato ou efeito de demarcar
- 2limites de um terreno
- 3o conjunto de marcas que indicam esses limites, tais como marcos, balizas, etc
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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 “demarcação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-M-A-R-C-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /de.maχ.ka.ˈsɐ̃w/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.