emigração
/e.mi.ɡɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“emigração” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #17,011 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,011
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o ato ou efeito de emigrar; movimentação de uma localidade pra outra
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emigração |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /e.mi.ɡɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “emigração” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for emigração is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /e.mi.ɡɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #17,011 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "o ato ou efeito de emigrar; movimentação de uma localidade pra outra".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for emigração, with forms such as "eimgração", "emgiração", and "emigarção". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is emigração, spelled E-M-I-G-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1o ato ou efeito de emigrar; movimentação de uma localidade pra outra
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eimgração,emgiração,emigarção,emiggração,emigraãço,emigraçoã,emigrração,emigrçaão,emirgação,emmigração,meigração
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emigração - 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 “emigração”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-M-I-G-R-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /e.mi.ɡɾɐ.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
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.