deportação

noun

The verdict

“deportação” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #23,962 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#23,962
frequency rank, Portuguese
10
letters
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de deportar; expulsão compulsória de pessoa ou grupo de um território

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

deportação vs depuração
80% similar
deportação vs decoração
80% similar
deportação vs deformação
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for deportação
PropertyValue
Headworddeportação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,962
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “deportação” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). deportação lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for deportação is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #23,962 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for deportação, with forms such as "ddeportação", "deoprtação", and "deporatção". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "depuração", "decoração", "deformação", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is deportação, spelled D-E-P-O-R-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de deportar; expulsão compulsória de pessoa ou grupo de um território
  2. 2
    medida administrativa ou penal que remove um estrangeiro do país

Synonyms

banimentodesterroexpulsãoremoção forçada

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddeportação,deoprtação,deporatção,deporrtação,deportaãço,deportaçoã,deporttação,deportçaão,depotração,depportação,deprotação,dpeortação,edportação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deportação - 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.

ddeportação1deoprtação2deporatção2deporrtação1deportaãço2deportaçoã2deporttação1deportçaão2
Edit distance from "deportação"

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 "deportação"?
"deportação" is spelled D-E-P-O-R-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "deportação" mean?
As a noun, "deportação" means: ato ou efeito de deportar; expulsão compulsória de pessoa ou grupo de um território
What words are commonly confused with "deportação"?
"deportação" is commonly confused with "depuração", "decoração", "deformação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "deportação" come from?
"deportação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “deportação”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-P-O-R-T-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “depuração” - see the side-by-side comparison. deportação vs depuração
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list