energia

//e.neχ.ˈʒi.ɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#553

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

energia is aPortuguesenoun. It means: uma das duas grandezas necessárias à correta descrição do inter-relacionamento (sempre mútuo) entre dois entes ou sistemas físicos; a outra grandeza é o momento; os entes ou sistemas em interação t... Pronounced /e.neχ.ˈʒi.ɐ/. It ranks #553 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with energy and enxerga.

Key facts for energia
PropertyValue
Headwordenergia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/e.neχ.ˈʒi.ɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#553
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for energia is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /e.neχ.ˈʒi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #553 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for energia, with forms such as "eenrgia", "enegria", and "energai". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "energy", "enxerga", "enérgico", 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 energia, spelled E-N-E-R-G-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    uma das duas grandezas necessárias à correta descrição do inter-relacionamento (sempre mútuo) entre dois entes ou sistemas físicos; a outra grandeza é o momento; os entes ou sistemas em interação trocam energia e momento, mas o fazem de forma que ambas as grandezas sempre obedeçam à respectiva lei de conservação
  2. 2
    vigor, vitalidade
  3. 3
    energia elétrica
  4. 4
    forças capazes de realizar ou manipular ações

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eenrgia,enegria,energai,energgia,eneriga,enerrgia,ennergia,enregia,neergia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for energia

Misspelling Variants of "energia"

eenrgia7enegria7energai7energgia8eneriga7enerrgia8ennergia8enregia7
Misspelling Variants of "energia"

Frequency rank: #553 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "energia"?
"energia" is spelled E-N-E-R-G-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /e.neχ.ˈʒi.ɐ/.
What does "energia" mean?
As a noun, "energia" means: uma das duas grandezas necessárias à correta descrição do inter-relacionamento (sempre mútuo) entre dois entes ou sistemas físicos; a outra grandeza é o momento; os entes ou sistemas em interação t...
What words are commonly confused with "energia"?
"energia" is commonly confused with "energy", "enxerga", "enérgico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "energia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "energia" is /e.neχ.ˈʒi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "energia" come from?
"energia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.