discriminação
The verdict
“discriminação” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,639 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,639
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 13
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de discriminar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discriminação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #6,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “discriminação” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for discriminação is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #6,639 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for discriminação, with forms such as "ddiscriminação", "dicsriminação", and "disccriminação". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is discriminação, spelled D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de discriminar
- 2ato de fazer uma distinção a favor ou contra uma pessoa ou coisa baseado no grupo, classe ou categoria ao qual ela pertence ao invés de no mérito individual
- 3capacidade de fazer distinções finas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddiscriminação,dicsriminação,disccriminação,discirminação,discriimnação,discrimianção,discriminaãço,discriminaçoã,discriminnação,discriminçaão,discrimminação,discrimniação,discrmiinação,discrriminação,disrciminação,disscriminação,dsicriminação,idscriminação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discriminação - 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 “discriminação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.