germinação
/ʒɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“germinação” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,874. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,874
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - processo de desenvolvimento do embrião, localizado na semente de espécies do reino vegetal; ocorre entre os estádios de semente e plântula; o desenvolvimento do embrião vegetal promove a alteração ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | germinação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #44,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “germinação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around germinação (IPA /ʒɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,874 among 1,241 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for germinação, with forms such as "egrminação", "gemrinação", and "gerimnação". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is germinação, spelled G-E-R-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1processo de desenvolvimento do embrião, localizado na semente de espécies do reino vegetal; ocorre entre os estádios de semente e plântula; o desenvolvimento do embrião vegetal promove a alteração morfológica da semente em plântula
- 2processo análogo ao nascimento que ocorre no reino animal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egrminação
- gemrinação
- gerimnação
- germianção
- germinaãço
- germinaçoã
- germinnação
- germinçaão
- germminação
- germniação
- gerrminação
- ggerminação
- greminação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of germinação - 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 “germinação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-R-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒɨɾ.mi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.