fricção
/fɾi.ˈksɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“fricção” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,035
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de friccionar
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 | fricção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɾi.ˈksɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fricção” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around fricção (IPA /fɾi.ˈksɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,035 among 1,704 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fricção, with forms such as "ffricção", "fircção", and "frcição". 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, "fração", "fiação", "feição", 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 fricção, spelled F-R-I-C-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato de friccionar
- 2medicamento com que se fricciona
- 3esfregação
- 4atrito
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffricção
- fircção
- frcição
- friccção
- fricãço
- fricçoã
- friçcão
- frricção
- rficção
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fricção - 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 “fricção”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-R-I-C-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɾi.ˈksɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fração” - see the side-by-side comparison. fricção vs fração
- 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.