detenção

/dɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//dɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“detenção” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,756
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-detencao · detenção · Portuguese

detenção · rank #7,756 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,756
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH declínio

Nearest frequency peer: declínio (-4 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 “detenção”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “detenção” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

detenção vs detento
75% similar
detenção vs detonação
78% similar
detenção vs decepção
75% similar

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

Key facts for detenção
PropertyValue
Headworddetenção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,756
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “detenção”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.detençãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “declínio” (#7,752), “empreendimento” (#7,760), “cruzamento” (#7,750). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “detenção” fica em #7,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around detenção (IPA /dɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,756 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for detenção, with forms such as "ddetenção", "deetnção", and "detennção". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "detento", "detonação", "decepção", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 detenção, spelled D-E-T-E-N-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de deter
  2. 2
    que sofre a dentenção, que está detido
  3. 3
    prisão preventiva, temporária, passageira
  4. 4
    posse de algo sem autorização, ilegal

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how detenção appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O policial fez a detenção do rapaz.
  2. O rapaz está em detenção.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddetenção
  • deetnção
  • detennção
  • detenãço
  • detençoã
  • deteçnão
  • detneção
  • dettenção
  • dteenção
  • edtenção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of detenção - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddetenção1deetnção2detennção1detenãço2detençoã2deteçnão2detneção2dettenção1
Edit distance from "detenção"

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 "detenção"?
"detenção" is spelled D-E-T-E-N-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "detenção" mean?
As a noun, "detenção" means: ato de deter
What words are commonly confused with "detenção"?
"detenção" is commonly confused with "detento", "detonação", "decepção". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "detenção"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "detenção" is /dɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "detenção" come from?
"detenção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

declínio#7,752Caroline#7,739invenção#7,787tenhamos#7,703

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

caverna10 variantsgordura10 variantshonesto10 variantstelhado10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list