emoção

noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,828

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

emoção is aPortuguesenoun. It means: movimento It ranks #3,828 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with época and erosão.

Key facts for emoção
PropertyValue
Headwordemoção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,828
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of emoção in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for emoção is 6 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #3,828 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 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for emoção, with forms such as "emmoção", "emoãço", and "emoçoã". 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.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "época", "erosão", "ereção", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is emoção, spelled E-M-O-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    movimento
  2. 2
    agitação dos sentimentos
  3. 3
    reação orgânica a certos estímulos, que envolve muitas vezes alterações respiratórias, circulatórias etc. e de grande excitação mental

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emmoção,emoãço,emoçoã,emçoão,eomção,meoção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for emoção

Misspelling Variants of "emoção"

emmoção7emoãço6emoçoã6emçoão6eomção6meoção6
Misspelling Variants of "emoção"

Frequency rank: #3,828 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emoção"?
"emoção" is spelled E-M-O-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "emoção" mean?
As a noun, "emoção" means: movimento
What words are commonly confused with "emoção"?
"emoção" is commonly confused with "época", "erosão", "ereção". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "emoção" come from?
"emoção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Portuguese index:

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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.