exaustão
/i.zawʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“exaustão” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #17,506 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,506
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de exaustar(-se)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exaustão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.zawʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exaustão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for exaustão is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.zawʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #17,506 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ato ou efeito de exaustar(-se)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for exaustão, with forms such as "eaxustão", "exasutão", and "exausstão". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "exausto", "exaustivo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is exaustão, spelled E-X-A-U-S-T-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de exaustar(-se)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eaxustão,exasutão,exausstão,exaustoã,exausttão,exausãto,exautsão,exuastão,exxaustão,xeaustão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exaustão - 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 “exaustão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-A-U-S-T-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /i.zawʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “exausto” - see the side-by-side comparison. exaustão vs exausto
- 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.