expedição

//es.pe.ʤi.ˈsaw// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,768

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

expedição is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de expedir Pronounced /es.pe.ʤi.ˈsaw/. It ranks #7,768 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with expedito and exposição.

Key facts for expedição
PropertyValue
Headwordexpedição
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/es.pe.ʤi.ˈsaw/
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,768
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for expedição is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /es.pe.ʤi.ˈsaw/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,768 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for expedição, with forms such as "epxedição", "exepdição", and "expdeição". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "expedito", "exposição", 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 expedição, spelled E-X-P-E-D-I-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
    ato ou efeito de expedir
  2. 2
    remessa de tropas ou navios com objetivo determinado

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxedição,exepdição,expdeição,expeddição,expediãço,expediçoã,expedçião,expeidção,exppedição,exxpedição,xepedição

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for expedição

Misspelling Variants of "expedição"

epxedição9exepdição9expdeição9expeddição10expediãço9expediçoã9expedçião9expeidção9
Misspelling Variants of "expedição"

Frequency rank: #7,768 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "expedição"?
"expedição" is spelled E-X-P-E-D-I-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /es.pe.ʤi.ˈsaw/.
What does "expedição" mean?
As a noun, "expedição" means: ato ou efeito de expedir
What words are commonly confused with "expedição"?
"expedição" is commonly confused with "expedito", "exposição". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "expedição"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expedição" is /es.pe.ʤi.ˈsaw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expedição" come from?
"expedição" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.