governação

noun

The verdict

“governação” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,016
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,241
“G” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de governar

Key facts for governação
PropertyValue
Headwordgovernação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#20,016
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “governação” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). governação lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around governação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,016 among 1,241 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato de governar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for governação, with forms such as "ggovernação", "goevrnação", and "govenração". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is governação, spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de governar

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggovernação
  • goevrnação
  • govenração
  • goveranção
  • governaãço
  • governaçoã
  • governnação
  • governçaão
  • goverrnação
  • govrenação
  • govvernação
  • gvoernação
  • ogvernação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of governação - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ggovernação1goevrnação2govenração2goveranção2governaãço2governaçoã2governnação1governçaão2
Edit distance from "governação"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "governação"?
"governação" is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "governação" mean?
As a noun, "governação" means: ato de governar
What are common misspellings of "governação"?
Common misspellings include "ggovernação", "goevrnação", "govenração", "goveranção", "governaãço". The correct spelling is "governação".
What language does "governação" come from?
"governação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “governação”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-O-V-E-R-N-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list