expansão
/ɐjʃ.pɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“expansão” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,075. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,075
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de expandir(-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 | expansão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐjʃ.pɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “expansão” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around expansão (IPA /ɐjʃ.pɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,075 among 2,493 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for expansão, with forms such as "epxansão", "exapnsão", and "expannsão". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "extensão", "explosão", "expensas", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is expansão, spelled E-X-P-A-N-S-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato de expandir(-se)
- 2manifestação irrestrita de sentimentos ou opiniões
- 3ato de disseminar ou espalhar
- 4complemento oferecido ou comercializado com o intuito de atualizar, corrigir ou melhorar um software
- 5videojogo que baseado em elementos de um anterior, dá amplitude à experiência daquele universo virtual ficcional
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxansão
- exapnsão
- expannsão
- expansoã
- expanssão
- expanãso
- expasnão
- expnasão
- exppansão
- exxpansão
- xepansão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of expansão - 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 “expansão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-P-A-N-S-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐjʃ.pɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “extensão” - see the side-by-side comparison. expansão vs extensão
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.