expansão
The verdict
“expansão” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,075 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,075
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: ato de expandir(-se)
| 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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for expansão is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐjʃ.pɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,075 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 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 expansão, with forms such as "epxansão", "exapnsão", and "expannsão". 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, "extensão", "explosão", "expensas", 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 expansão, spelled E-X-P-A-N-S-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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
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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 — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "expansão"
Frequency rank: #3,075 in Portuguese
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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
Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Portuguese index: