designação
/dɨ.zi.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“designação” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #12,037 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,037
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nome
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | designação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.zi.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “designação” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for designação is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.zi.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,037 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 designação, with forms such as "ddesignação", "deisgnação", and "desginação". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 designação, spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1nome
- 2indicação
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddesignação,deisgnação,desginação,desiganção,desiggnação,designaãço,designaçoã,designnação,designçaão,desingação,dessignação,dseignação,edsignação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of designação - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “designação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-S-I-G-N-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.zi.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (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
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.