devolução

noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,785

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

devolução is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o ato ou efeito de devolver Often confused with devoção and desolação.

Key facts for devolução
PropertyValue
Headworddevolução
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,785
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of devolução in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for devolução is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #15,785 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 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for devolução, with forms such as "ddevolução", "deovlução", and "devloução". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "devoção", "desolação", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is devolução, spelled D-E-V-O-L-U-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o ato ou efeito de devolver
  2. 2
    concessão estatutária de poderes do governo central de um Estado ao governo a nível nacional, regional, ou local

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddevolução,deovlução,devloução,devollução,devoluãço,devoluçoã,devolçuão,devoulção,devvolução,dveolução,edvolução

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for devolução

Misspelling Variants of "devolução"

ddevolução10deovlução9devloução9devollução10devoluãço9devoluçoã9devolçuão9devoulção9
Misspelling Variants of "devolução"

Frequency rank: #15,785 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "devolução"?
"devolução" is spelled D-E-V-O-L-U-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "devolução" mean?
As a noun, "devolução" means: o ato ou efeito de devolver
What words are commonly confused with "devolução"?
"devolução" is commonly confused with "devoção", "desolação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "devolução" come from?
"devolução" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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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.