governação

noun

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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
521
“G” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de governar

Corpus desk

Index PT-governacao · governação · Portuguese

governação · rank #20,016 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,016
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH globalmente

Nearest frequency peer: globalmente (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “governação”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “governação” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for governação
PropertyValue
Headwordgovernação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#20,016
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “governação”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).governaçãocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “globalmente” (#20,014), “gíria” (#20,018), “geologia” (#20,012). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “governação” fica em #20,016. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around governação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,016 among 521 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how governação appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «A má governação é frequentemente associada à falta de transparência e à ineficiência na gestão dos recursos públicos.»

This word in other languages

governance(English)gobernanza(Español)gouvernance(Français)

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "governação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

loucamente#20,046estacionar#19,982encaminhar#19,975disseminar#19,967

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

estúpidos13 variantsdefensivo13 variantspolitical13 variantsbirthday13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list