dicção

noun

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The verdict

“dicção” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,849. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,849
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estilo de falar ou de escrever dependente da escolha das palavras

Corpus desk

Index PT-diccao · dicção · Portuguese

dicção · rank #36,849 · 7 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,849
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH doubt

Nearest frequency peer: doubt (+6 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 “dicção”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “dicção” 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).

dicção vs disco
50% similar
dicção vs doação
67% similar
dicção vs direção
71% similar

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

Key facts for dicção
PropertyValue
Headworddicção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,849
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “dicção”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).dicçãocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “doubt” (#36,855), “delegar” (#36,841), “dynamic” (#36,861). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “dicção” fica em #36,849. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around dicção, anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,849 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dicção, with forms such as "dcição", "ddicção", and "diccção". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "disco", "doação", "direção", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is dicção, spelled D-I-C-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    estilo de falar ou de escrever dependente da escolha das palavras
  2. 2
    o conjunto de sotaque, inflexão, intonação e qualidade geral do som de um falante individual, geralmente julgados em relação aos padrões normais

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Haroldo de Campos observou que o coloquialismo de Kaváfis nos faz lembrar a dicção de Carlos Drummond de Andrade.

This word in other languages

diction(English)dicción(Español)diction(Français)Aussprache(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcição
  • ddicção
  • diccção
  • dicãço
  • dicçoã
  • diçcão
  • idcção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dicção - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dcição2ddicção1diccção1dicãço2dicçoã2diçcão2idcção2
Edit distance from "dicção"

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 "dicção"?
"dicção" is spelled D-I-C-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "dicção" mean?
As a noun, "dicção" means: estilo de falar ou de escrever dependente da escolha das palavras
What words are commonly confused with "dicção"?
"dicção" is commonly confused with "disco", "doação", "direção". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "dicção" come from?
"dicção" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dínamo#36,862cuscuz#36,834efígie#36,864cabide#36,785

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

doubt7 variantsconor7 variantschuto7 variantsardor7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list