erosão

noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,510

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

erosão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: fenómeno pelo qual as forças da natureza, como chuvas e ventos, alteram o relevo Often confused with evasão and emoção.

Key facts for erosão
PropertyValue
Headworderosão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,510
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for erosão is 6 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #16,510 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for erosão, with forms such as "eorsão", "erosoã", and "erossão". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "evasão", "emoção", "ereção", 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 erosão, spelled E-R-O-S-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fenómeno pelo qual as forças da natureza, como chuvas e ventos, alteram o relevo
  2. 2
    corroimento, destruição

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eorsão,erosoã,erossão,eroãso,errosão,ersoão,reosão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erosão

Misspelling Variants of "erosão"

eorsão6erosoã6erossão7eroãso6errosão7ersoão6reosão6
Misspelling Variants of "erosão"

Frequency rank: #16,510 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erosão"?
"erosão" is spelled E-R-O-S-Ã-O.
What does "erosão" mean?
As a noun, "erosão" means: fenómeno pelo qual as forças da natureza, como chuvas e ventos, alteram o relevo
What words are commonly confused with "erosão"?
"erosão" is commonly confused with "evasão", "emoção", "ereção". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "erosão" come from?
"erosão" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.