determinação
/dɨ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“determinação” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,811 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,811
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o fato de determinar
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | determinação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɨ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “determinação” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for determinação is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,811 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for determinação, with forms such as "ddeterminação", "deetrminação", and "detemrinação". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "determinado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 determinação, spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1o fato de determinar
- 2resolução, firmeza
- 3demarcação
- 4ambição
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddeterminação,deetrminação,detemrinação,deterimnação,determianção,determinaãço,determinaçoã,determinnação,determinçaão,determminação,determniação,deterrminação,detreminação,detterminação,dteerminação,edterminação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of determinação - 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 “determinação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɨ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “determinado” - see the side-by-side comparison. determinação vs determinado
- 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.