educação
/i.du.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“educação” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #474 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #474
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a ação ou o processo de dar ou receber conhecimentos gerais, de modo a desenvolver o poder de raciocínio e julgamento e, geralmente, preparar intelectualmente a si mesmo ou aos outros para a vida a...
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 | educação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.du.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “educação” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for educação is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.du.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #474 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for educação, with forms such as "deucação", "edcuação", and "edducação". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "equação", "exumação", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is educação, spelled E-D-U-C-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1a ação ou o processo de dar ou receber conhecimentos gerais, de modo a desenvolver o poder de raciocínio e julgamento e, geralmente, preparar intelectualmente a si mesmo ou aos outros para a vida adulta
- 2a ação ou o processo de dar ou receber conhecimentos ou habilidades específicas, como por exemplo para o exercício de uma profissão
- 3o grau, nível ou tipo de escolaridade
- 4o resultado produzido pela instrução, treinamento ou estudo
- 5a ciência ou arte de ensinar; pedagogia
- 6polidez, civilidade
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: deucação,edcuação,edducação,eduacção,educaãço,educaçoã,educcação,educçaão,eudcação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of educação - 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 “educação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-D-U-C-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /i.du.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “equação” - see the side-by-side comparison. educação vs equação
- 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.