difamação
/di.fɐ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“difamação” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,570
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de atribuir a alguém (o difamado), na presença de terceiros, fato ofensivo à sua reputação - não necessariamente falso, via de regra -, para desacreditar o ofendido perante a opinião pública
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | difamação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /di.fɐ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “difamação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around difamação (IPA /di.fɐ.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,570 among 2,399 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato de atribuir a alguém (o difamado), na presença de terceiros, fato ofensivo à sua reputação - não necessariamente falso, via de regra -, para desacreditar o ofendido perante a opinião pública".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for difamação, with forms such as "ddifamação", "dfiamação", and "diafmação". 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is difamação, spelled D-I-F-A-M-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato de atribuir a alguém (o difamado), na presença de terceiros, fato ofensivo à sua reputação - não necessariamente falso, via de regra -, para desacreditar o ofendido perante a opinião pública
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddifamação
- dfiamação
- diafmação
- difaamção
- difamaãço
- difamaçoã
- difammação
- difamçaão
- diffamação
- difmaação
- idfamação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of difamação - 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 “difamação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-F-A-M-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /di.fɐ.mɐ.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
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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.