excitação

noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,293

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

excitação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ação ou efeito de excitar Often confused with excitado and expiação.

Key facts for excitação
PropertyValue
Headwordexcitação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,293
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for excitação is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #13,293 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for excitação, with forms such as "ecxitação", "exccitação", and "exciatção". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "excitado", "expiação", "expiração", 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 excitação, spelled E-X-C-I-T-A-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
    ação ou efeito de excitar
  2. 2
    agitação
  3. 3
    exaltação

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecxitação,exccitação,exciatção,excitaãço,excitaçoã,excittação,excitçaão,exctiação,exictação,exxcitação,xecitação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for excitação

Misspelling Variants of "excitação"

ecxitação9exccitação10exciatção9excitaãço9excitaçoã9excittação10excitçaão9exctiação9
Misspelling Variants of "excitação"

Frequency rank: #13,293 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excitação"?
"excitação" is spelled E-X-C-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "excitação" mean?
As a noun, "excitação" means: ação ou efeito de excitar
What words are commonly confused with "excitação"?
"excitação" is commonly confused with "excitado", "expiação", "expiração". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "excitação" come from?
"excitação" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.