erosão

noun

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The verdict

“erosão” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,510
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fenómeno pelo qual as forças da natureza, como chuvas e ventos, alteram o relevo

Corpus desk

Index PT-erosao · erosão · Portuguese

erosão · rank #16,510 · 7 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,510
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH entrego

Nearest frequency peer: entrego (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “erosão”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “erosão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

erosão vs evasão
67% similar
erosão vs emoção
67% similar
erosão vs ereção
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frequência do íman ortográfico “erosão”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.erosãocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “entrego” (#16,508), “engenho” (#16,507), “encarnação” (#16,506). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “erosão” fica em #16,510. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around erosão, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,510 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for erosão, with forms such as "eorsão", "erosoã", and "erossão". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "evasão", "emoção", "ereção", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is erosão, spelled E-R-O-S-Ã-O.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how erosão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. o desmatamento facilita a erosão, o que empobrece o solo
  2. estamos vivendo uma constante erosão da confiança do povo no sistema jurídico

This word in other languages

erosion(English)erosión(Español)érosion(Français)Erosion(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eorsão
  • erosoã
  • erossão
  • eroãso
  • errosão
  • ersoão
  • reosão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erosão - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eorsão2erosoã2erossão1eroãso2errosão1ersoão2reosão2
Edit distance from "erosão"

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.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erosão", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gringo#16,526cívico#16,485jurado#16,536Bósnia#16,458

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

fungo7 variantsgalho7 variantscould7 variantsclero7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list