election
/ɪˈlekʃ(ə)n/
The verdict
“election” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #50,470 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,470
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eleição
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | election |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈlekʃ(ə)n/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “election” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for election is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪˈlekʃ(ə)n/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,470 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eleição".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for election, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is election, spelled E-L-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1eleição
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 “election”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-L-E-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪˈlekʃ(ə)n/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.